Your interview
Every month questions put by you will be answered by top politicians from Europe’s Socialist, Social Democratic and Labour Parties. Once finalised, the interviews will be published on the PES website.
Ask your questions
Interview to Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) president Mona Sahlin
Mona Sahlin is a vital supporter of the PES and believes strongly that Europe's social democrates and socialists should cooperate closely to sustain our social Europe. Mona Sahlin is also the leader in charge of "Save our Planet" thematic debate on the PES consultation for the 2009 European elections. She answers all activists' questions on a YouTube video.
The published interviews:
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Kurt Beck, Party leader of the German SPD: Germany’s social democratic party leader Kurt Beck congratulates Poul
Nyrup Rasmussen for the strong performance of the PES: "The PES has
evolved to a strong forum for trend-setting politics and a policy
making socialist network in the European institutions. "
(Das Interview in Deutsch) Interview with Zita Gurmai - President of PES women
Zita Gurmai answers PES activists' questions on gender politics and the PES.
PES activists put their questions to Mircea Dan Geoana
Mircea Dan Geoana is the chairman of the Romanian Social-Democrat Party (PSD). As member of the Senate (since 2004), he is the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and member of the European Integration Committee.
PES activists interview Margot Wallström
Margot Wallström is Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Institutional Relations, December 2006. She has also served as Environment Commissioner in the Prodi Commission (1999-2004). In Sweden, she was Minister for Consumer Affairs, Women and Youth, Minister for Culture and Minister for Social Affairs.
Interview with Sergei Stanishev - prime minister of Bulgaria
Sergei Stanishev is prime minister of Bulgaria and Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). Since April 2004 he has also been a member of the presidency of the Party of European Socialists.
Interview with Martin Schulz
Martin Schulz, the chairman of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament is our interviewee of September. What are the strategies of the socialist group to give the EU more democratic structures? How do the work and the cooperation between socialists in the EP differ from national parliaments?
Interview to Finland's Minister of Finance Eero Heinäluoma
PES activists get to ask their questions to Eero Heinäluoma on the Finnish Presidency from July to December 2006. Heinäluoma has been an influential figure in Finnish and international politics since the 1970s. In 2002, Heinäluoma was elected general secretary of the Finish Social Democratic Party and in 2005 he became the party’s chairman.
Interview with Poul Nyrup Rasmussen,
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is the President of the Party of European Socialists (PES). He has played a leading role in Danish politics for over a decade as Prime Minister and leader of the Danish Social Democrat Party. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is also chairman of the Global Progressive Forum and a Member of the European Parliament.
