News
03-10-2006
Rasmussen tells EPP to "get serious" about Hungarian local elections
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen urged EPP President Wilfried Martens to “get serious” and accept the Parliamentary election result in the same way as the Socialists accepted the local election result.
02-10-2006
Austrians vote for fairer society
Commenting on the election results in Austria that make Alfred Gusenbauer’s Social Democrats the largest party, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists said:“Austrians have voted for a fairer society."
19-09-2006
Ferenc Gyurcsany - best man to lead Hungarian reforms
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen urged Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany to ignore right-wing calls for his resignation – and backed him as the best man to lead Hungarian reforms.
14-09-2006
PES calls on EU to support Abbas' Unity Government
The Party of European Socialists today pledged to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to do all it can to get European Foreign Ministers meeting tomorrow to support the moves to set up a unity government in Palestine.
08-09-2006
The Chair of the PES Lisbon Network and former German Finance Minister Hans Eichel is backing the proposal to widen the reach of tax on interest on savings
05-09-2006
EU must put momentum into foreign ministers agreement on reviving Middle East peace process
The President of the Party of European Socialists, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, today called on the European Union to put a major effort into reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace, and praised Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja for reopening the discussion on political contacts with the Palestinian people.
30-08-2006
PES President backs Hungarian PM on Slovak attacks
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen publically backed Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in condemning anti-Hungarian incidents and attacks in Slovakia and supported his calls for Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to do the same.
03-08-2006
PES calls on UN & Israeli Labour Party
The President of the Party of European Socialists launched an appeal to the UN Security Council to step up its efforts to bring an end to the fighting in the Middle East.
