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Pictured from left: MEP Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Chair of the PES Social Europe Network and S&D coordinator for EMPL Agnes Jongerius MEP, and PES Deputy Secretary General Yonnec Polet at the PES SEN today

Socialists set sights on social progress in Porto

European socialists and democrats want to make sure social issues remain high on the EU agenda. This is the objective members of the Social Europe…

Employment, Social affairs, Health
Pictured from left: PES Vice President Kati Piri, PES Treasurer Caroline Gennez, PES Executive Secretary General Giacomo Filibeck, PES Secretary General Achim Post, PES President Stefan Löfven, PES Executive Vice President Katarina Barley, PES Vice President Victor Negrescu, PES Deputy Secretary General Yonnec Polet.

PES Presidency focuses on action for a fair and sustainable Europe

A Europe with strong social rights – as reinforced through EU social summits – and a sustainable future – as championed in the European Green…

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EPSCO 13 March

PES EPSCO: strong platform work directive must be delivered this mandate

European progressives are ramping-up their push for new EU legislation to improve conditions for workers who deliver services through online platforms like Uber and Deliveroo….

Employment, Social affairs, Health
Pictured front, from left: PES Social Europe Network Chair Agnes Jongerius MEP, PES Deputy Secretary General Yonnec Polet, Mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris Jérôme Coumet, and President of TZCLD Laurent Grandguillaume. Second row, from left: Social Platform President Piotr Sadowski, and member of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions Jacint Horvath. Today, members of the PES Social Europe Network (SEN) visited XIII Avenir, a TZCLD project located in Paris. Image: TZCLD (Twitter)

No one is unemployable: PES focuses on zero long term unemployment zones

Representatives from the European Parliament, the European Committee of the Regions, and progressive organisations travelled to Paris, France, today to examine an innovative project helping…

Employment, Social affairs, Health
European Trade Union Confederation head Esther Lynch (left) meeting Secretary General of the Tunisian UGTT Noureddine Tabboubi in Tunis on February 18, 2023. Photo: AFP PHOTO / HO / UGTT

PES: Tunisian president wrong to expel ETUC general secretary

Workers’ rights must be respected everywhere. The Party of European Socialists (PES) supports the protests of the Tunisian trade unions and condemns the expulsion from…

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
Pictured from left: PES Secretary General Achim Post, PES President Stefan Löfven, S&D President Iratxe García and PES Executive Vice-President Katarina Barley

PES Presidency adopts declarations for a stronger, fairer and more sustainable EU

Following the meeting of the PES leadership, prime ministers and European Commissioners earlier today, the PES Presidency met in Brussels to discuss items on the…

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