Globalization

Co-founder of the Global Progressive Forum, the PES takes an active part in this initiative, which aims at building links between progressive policy makers, NGOs and trade unions on globalization issues.

• Message to Dacia workers, 27 March 2008
• PES pre-summit declaration, 12 December 2007
• World AIDS Day - We need AIDS vaccine, 30 November 2007
• Fassino right man for Burma job, 7 November 2007
• PES tells Burma - The hour of change is near, the world is watching, 27 septembre 2007
• PES Visit to China, 2-7 July 2007
• A social democratic programme for a globalized economy, article by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, PES President, published on 10 January 2006 in Handelsblatt. This article is also available in German.
• PES-China seminar, 20 March 2006
  • Programme
  • Participants list
• PES Visit to China, 3-5 November 2005
  
• Statement of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, PES President on the cancellation of the debt  of poorest countries: “A big step forward, but a “Global New Deal” is needed! ”, 16 June 2005
• PES Statement in support of the UN Secretary-General’s proposal for
  a UN Human Rights Council , 19 May 2005
• Political Declaration: Europe 2004, Changing the future, by the High Level Policy Group on globalization, 5 February 2004
• Europe and a New Global Order, by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, May 2003
• Europe’s global Responsibility: Seven Theses on the Future Role of Europe, PES Vice-President Rudolf Scharping set out his view of Europe as a model of civilization for the world and what Europe must do to meet its global responsibilities.

The PES and the World Social Forum

After a stop over in South Asia, in Mumbai, India, in 2004, the World Social Forum (WSF) came back to where it all began; Porto Alegre. The Global Progressive Forum organized several events in the framework of the WSF program. Many speakers from the Global Progressive Forum were also invited in different panels of other events.

The PES decided to take the opportunity of its presence in Porto Alegre to organize a seminar together with the SI Mercosur member parties on Mercosur-EU relations. The PES Group was also present at the WSF with a delegation. All in all, about 200 participants from SI and PES member parties (Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, UK, US) attended the WSF.

Several PES Presidency members were active in Porto Alegre; Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, PES President ; Zita Gurmai, PES Women President ; Philip Cordery, PES Secretary General; António Guterres, SI President ; Luis Ayala, SI Secretary General; Elio Di Rupo, PS Leader, Belgium.

• EU action to put Decent Work on international agenda is urgently needed, 24 May 2006
• Joint Declaration of ICFTU, WCL, ETUC, SOCIAL ALERT, SOLIDAR, GPF: “Decent work: the heart of a fair globalization”
• Report on PES President's meeting during the 5th World Social Forum 
  
• 5th World Parliamentary Forum Declaration
  
• Socialist International Report
  
• PES at the 5th WSF : List of participants