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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”.
PES condemns Viktor Orban’s proposal to reintroduce death penalty in Hungary
PES President Sergei Stanishev strongly condemns Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban’s proposal of reintroducing death penalty in Hungary and introducing internment camps for illegal immigrants. He said “The EU received the Nobel peace prize for its work to maintain and promote peace. It is deeply sad that such s regressive proposal, against the EU charter of fundamental rights, comes from a member state.
Winning votes – Winning elections
In the interests of improving the lives of people living in Europe, the PES Political family is working together to increase the number of countries in which its member parties are in government. This means winning elections, or winning enough votes to form a government; something which Swedish PES member party SAP achieved at the end of 2014. That party, which is the leading partner in the Swedish Government coalition hosted the PES Secretary Generals met in Stockholm on 28 April to discuss the best ways to win elections and return to a Socialist or Social Democrat majority leadership in Europe.
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