Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in Washington DC

• Still a long way to go towards a common agenda for the people - 19-04-2007 10:03:37

  Intensive discussions and reflection: over 20 meetings in 48 hours, an unbelievable agenda but it was worth all the effort. And it was good to see the new energy among the Democrats. As they say themselves, it’s simply more fun to work when you have majority in both senate and house. Our thinking, which we also told our democratic partners, is that there are high expectations from many people – environmentalists, the ’68 generation, poor people, middle class. And there may be many factions within the Democratic Party, this is a big challenge and it demands a united effort. As an experienced assistant to one of the senators said: “now it’s about getting used to the new majority for us old dogs and using it”. That goes for the PES too. Globalization is here to stay with all its opportunities and risks and uncertainties for ordinary people. Let’s join the progressives in US-European relations for a better world. We, the PES, are dedicated to do this. We will follow up on this series of meetings in a more systematic way than in the past agendas. The first step will be coordinating demands to the G8. As we conclude a fantastic productive meeting with the chair of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean, I feel we must actively prepare for the post-Bush EU-US relations.

   

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