Future of Europe

The PES Leaders’ Meeting held in Berlin on 24 March 2007 established a Working Group on the Future of Europe together with its Leaders’ declaration marking the 50th anniversary of the European Union  . The New Social Europe Report and its 10 principles   summarise PES’ vision of Europe’s future. In order to assure a Europe where each citizen counts, the voice of European socialists and social democrats have to be heard in the debate about the institutional and political reform of the EU.

The PES Working Group on the Future of Europe gives socialists and social democrats the opportunity to exchange and discuss their views on the constitutional Treaty. The Group will follow the development of the work on the Treaty organised by the EU Council. The Working Group can also prepare contributions to the PES debate about the future of Europe.


The work will mainly focus around two questions: 

• How can we go forward towards a New Social Europe?
• How can the European Union become more efficient and able to deliver on issues of real concern for Europe’s citizens?

Latest news:

• Europe cannot afford to waste time in institutional crisis, 13 June 2008
• Why European Socialists and Social Democrats support the European Reform Treaty?  , 29 October 2007
• PES Prime Ministers back new Treaty, 18 October 2007
• Summit - best you can expect from compromise, 25 June 2007
• PES Leaders support German Presidency, 22 June 2007

News archive

• Socialists look to give Europe a boost, 15 June 2006
• Rasmussen and Gusenbauer unimpressed by Mozart jolly, by PN Rasmussen and A Gusenbauer, 26 January 2006
• Dutch Referendum on European Constitution, 13 June 2005
• "The Fight Is Not Over" - Party of European Socialists President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen on the French Referendum, 13 June 2005
• PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen declares 1st May is the day to declare decent jobs for all- and Yes to the Constitution, 1 May 2005
• This is the house that Jacques built. And we’re moving out!, 8 April 2005
• Statement from Party PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen on the outcome of the Spanish EU Constitution Referendum, 21 February 2005
• Europe’s left toasts French socialist ‘Yes’ to new EU Constitution, 2 December 2004