News & press releases
European response to dire refugee crisis urgently needed
“At this moment, more people in the world are displaced by conflict than at any time since the Second World War. This is a human tragedy, with families leaving behind loved ones, jobs, and their life’s possessions to risk their lives, in the hope of reaching safety. They leave with hope, and yet every day brings news of people whose journeys end before they can reach safety. Many die on the approach to Europe –in the Mediterranean – yet others perish on European soil, during their journey across the continent.”
Light at the end of the tunnel for Macedonia?
The undersigned organizations, women activists from social democratic parties in South Eastern Europe, connected through the CEE Network for Gender Issues, and organisation member of Party of European Socialist Women (PESW) and Young European Socialists (YES), have been following with great concern the development of the political situation in Macedonia. The crisis threatened not only democracy and sustainable development in this country but also to destablise the entire region.
Leaders of left unite in Hungary for jobs and democracy
Jobs, democracy and peace will be the key topics when Leaders of the Party of European Socialists meet tonight in Budapest to discuss their priorities for Europe. Acutely aware of the crisis still affecting people Europe they discussed ways of helping Europeans into work and out of poverty. Leaders including Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and European Parliament President Martin Schulz met together to discuss closer collaboration on social policies – including the creation of a European Social Union and the social economy as well as concrete measures for ensuring democracy where it is threatened such as the democracy scoreboard.
Pedro Zerolo: An example to all who work for Equality
We are deeply saddened to learn today of the death of Pedro Zerolo, a friend to many across Europe through his pioneering work which helped making LGBTI equality a reality. PES President Sergei Stanishev said: “His was a life committed to promoting social justice and respecting diversity. We knew him as militant and a leader for the cause of equality. A comrade who inspired a new generation of activists in Spain and in our European family”.
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