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Martin Schulz ‘knocks the vote’ in Sweden
PES candidate for European Commission President, Martin Schulz, yesterday joined representatives of the Swedish Social Democrats (SAP) for door to door canvassing in the town of Umea, Sweden.
With SAP lead candidate, Marita Ulvskog, Schulz talked directly to voters in the northern Swedish town about their main concerns for the upcoming European Parliament elections (22-25 May 2014).
Martin Schulz Addresses Parti Socialiste Campaign Rally in Brittany, France
In front of 1400 PS France supporters, Martin Schulz continued his European election campaign in the town of Rezé, close to Nantes. Schulz joined lead regional candidate Isabelle Thomas, party leader and PES Vice-President Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, and former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
Martin Schulz Programme Launch and Campaign Tour
Programme Launch:
Martin Schulz was in Brussels on 7th of May to launch his policy programme in front of over 60 journalists from across Europe. In case you missed it you can find the video from the conference here and the transcript here.
On the road:
Since being nominated as PES common candidate in Rome on 1 March 2014, Martin Schulz has taken his campaign for the Presidency of the European Commission all over Europe. By the time the last votes are cast on25 May, he will have visited 24 countries and many European towns and cities.
Marching for Change in Europe
“The crisis in Europe in only over when our 26 million jobless citizens are back at work”, said Martin Schulz on International Labour Day in Poland.
On 1 May, Martin Schulz marched on the streets of Warsaw together with SLD party leader Leszek Miller and Jan Guz head of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions. They headed a procession of several thousand people.
A Labour Day Message from Martin Schulz
The European Elections at the end of this month will go down as a turning point in European history. They will be remembered as the catalyst for change that brought back worker’s rights, employment and a more social Europe. May 2014 has to be remembered as the beginning of the end of harmful austerity-only policies that have ravaged European citizens for far too long.
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