News
15-10-2007
PES congratulates Walter Veltroni and welcomes new Partito Democratico
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen congratulated Walter Veltroni on being elected the first leader of the new Partito Democratico by an overwhelming majority.
10-10-2007
Tribute to Fausto Correia MEP
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen today paid tribute to Portuguese MEP Fausto Correia who died suddenly at the age of 55.
10-10-2007
Socialist Woman scoops Campaigner of the Year award
Zita Gurmai, President of PES Women, has won the ‘Campaigning MEP of the year’ award of the Brussels-based EU affairs ‘Parliament Magazine’.
09-10-2007
Child care helps regions deliver growth and jobs
‘Promoting Investments in Universal high quality child care in Europe’ was the title of a well-attended seminar hosted by the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions. Zita Gurmai, President of PES Women, said that both the public and private sector had a role to play in providing child care.
08-10-2007
Child care in the UK
“We will be offering free universal education to every child – from nursery school at three” was the promise of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Labour Party Conference. Now, 7.000 extended schools will provide two-thirds of a million more child care places.
02-10-2007
New book – ‘Putting children first’
The PES Group in the Committee of the Regions has published an excellent new book ‘Putting children first: implementing the Barcelona targets at local, regional and national levels’.
28-09-2007
Spanish Government invests in education for the under 3s
The Spanish Government has agreed to invest €100 million next year into child care facilities for children aged 0-3.
27-09-2007
Tide is turning on private equity and hedge funds
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists, welcomed the announcement by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that he will close tax loopholes used by private equity funds.
27-09-2007
PES tells Burma - The hour of change is near, the world is watching
The Party of European Socialists joined up with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament to urge the Burmese government to seize the opportunity for peaceful change, and to warm the government against repression of the peaceful movement for change.
