The launch of the PES activists

On the 9th of May 1950 Robert Schuman gave his speech on a united Europe. The date has become “Europe Day”, a symbol the unified Europe. On this date, the PES launched its new network which brings together members of Europe's socialist and social democratic parties.

Among the guests at the launch were Margot Wallström, Commissioner for Institutional Relations, and MEP Jo Leinen, chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in the European Parliament. Ms Wallström and Mr. Leinen expressed their pleasure at becoming PES activists and Ms Wallström gave a powerful speech reflecting her social democratic conviction: “What is the ideological inner compass, which guides us when the winds of change are blowing hard and fast?”
 
 

The PES received many positive reactions on the launch. Mercedes Bresso, the President of PES Group in the Committee of the Regions, and Michel Delbarre, President of the CoR, stated: “At a time when the EU needs more than ever to establish democratic channels of communication with its citizens, PES activists sharing their knowledge and experience across the EU, can […] help to make the European debate more accessible and more relevant to national realities.”

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