News
25-05-2007
SPD gets legal right to child care
From 2013, parents in Germany will have a legal right to a child care place from the first year of their children’s life – thanks to the social democratic party SPD!
24-05-2007
Child care in Bulgaria
The Sofia Discussion Club for Social Local Policy has produced an excellent publication on child care in Bulgaria - and put on a football tournament and other events to promote it.
Read the full story and translated extracts from the publication
23-05-2007
Court saves workers from lower wages
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen welcomed the preliminary opinion of the European Court of Justice on the Vaxholm case – involving a Latvian construction company that won a building contract in Sweden and offered Latvian wages to Latvian workers, ignoring Swedish collective agreements. PES President said “This is excellent news. It removes the sword hanging over European collective bargaining”...
22-05-2007
European elections in Bulgaria decided
Bulgarian socialists remain with 5 seats in European Parliament - PES activists show their support on YouTube.
22-05-2007
First PES action week on childcare a success!
In four European cities, PES activists city groups supported the PES childcare campaign and created a wonderful example how campaigning on grassroots level can be a great success.
16-05-2007
European Social Democratic parties sign Balkan Pact – and welcome new Serbian government
Social Democratic and Socialist Parties from the European Union and the Balkans today signed a ‘Pact for social democracy, EU integration and regional cooperation’. “The destiny of Serbia and the other nations in the former Yugoslavia and Albania is to become ever closer to the European Union” said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the PES, “and eventually becoming full members.”
08-05-2007
Put children first: implement the EU child care targets now!
At a conference on child care, hosted by the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions, the PES demanded strong proposals from the European Commission to increase the number, quality and affordability of child care across Europe – as promised five years ago! Regional, national and European politicians united today in calling on the EU to honour its commitments to provide children with pre-school care.
08-05-2007
PES welcomes ECOFIN's decision on hedge funds
Commenting on the ECOFIN decision to ask the European Commission to prepare a report assessing the need for EU legislation on retail investment products including hedge funds, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists said "This is good news from our Finance Ministers. They have sent McCreevy back to the drawing board after he denied the need for any regulation."
04-05-2007
The PES President calls on the French people to support Ségolène Royal
"Yesterday evening, I took part in the big campaign rally for Ségolène in Lille. Next Sunday, the French people will be called upon to make an important choice for France. I am no longer interested in what the polls say. I believe we are in a very tight race, and that today the stakes are higher than ever before in other elections. I call on you to take part in changing the French political landscape, to take a stand. Go and vote on Sunday for your votes will be decisive!"
