PES blog

09/03/2010 - 16:20

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On March 4th, a delegation from the PES led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was in Vienna to launch the campaign “Regulate Global Finance Now!” in Austria. He was invited by the campaign partners in Austria, the Chamber of Labour of Vienna, Arbeiterkammer Wien, and the Austrian trade-union confederation, ÖGB.

L'avenir de la sociale démocratie en Europe

04/03/2010 (All day)

ginneken

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Les Eurosocialistes à Genève (www.eurosocialistes-geneve.org) vous invitent cordialement à notre prochaine réunion-débat qui aura pour thème: "L'avenir de la sociale démocratie en Europe".

Mercredi 10 mars 2010, 20h-21h30
Au siège du Parti Socialiste Genevois
15 Rue des Voisins, quartier Plainpalais, Genève

Fighting for a financial transaction tax: how and why?

26/02/2010 - 10:06

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0.05%... not much, hey? Imagine if we were introducing such a tax on all financial transactions. You know, the billions of billions of transactions taking place every year worldwide.

Brussels Sister Parties get together

26/02/2010 - 09:19

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On the evening of Wednesday the 24th of February, there was a reception for the Brussels Socialist and Progressive sister parties. The PES would like to congratulate Josephine Wood and the Brussels Labour branch for taking the initiative to organize such a successful evening where over 160 people attended and at least 18 sister parties and groups were represented.

PES meets President Lula and Dilma Roussef in Brasilia

23/02/2010 - 10:00

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A PES Representation, chaired by PES Presidency Member, MP and SAP Sweden Foreign Policy Spokesperson Urban Ahlin, attended the 4th Congress of the Partido dos Trabalhadores of Brazil as well as its International Seminar on 18th-20th February in the country’s capital, Brasilia.

PES Activists Portugal, Treaty of Lisbon

18/02/2010 (All day)

Tacitus

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Roadshow started in Vila Franca de Xira with Vital Moreira, Socialist MEP and José Reis Santos, PES activists coordinator

Mercedes Bresso, a woman socialist, new President of the Committee of the Regions

14/02/2010 - 12:58

PES Group - CoR

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For the first time in its history, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) will have a woman President, Mercedes Bresso, President of the Piedmont Region (Italy). She was elected to her new position on 10 February 2010 at the inaugural plenary session of the CoR's fifth term of office, which will be the first five-year term, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

A PES European Day of Action on “Introducing a Financial Transaction Tax”

08/02/2010 - 13:49

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On Saturday 24 April, the PES will organise a PES European Day of Action on “Introducing a Financial Transaction Tax”. The PES member parties and all PES activists are invited to organise activities on this theme on the same day.

A new prosperity and growth model Report from the PES Social Europe Network meeting on 2 February 2010

04/02/2010 - 17:57

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How do we create a more prosperous, more social and more environmental friendly Europe whilst at the same time overcoming the financial and economic crisis, without threatening the long term sustainability of public finances? This was one of the questions for the PES Social Europe Network to answer.

“Jobs, jobs, jobs” should be the Left’s motto for the years to come

04/02/2010 - 10:44

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Yesterday evening, after a successful Silver Rose Awards ceremony, Solidar and the PES presidency hosted a dinner in the European Parliament. The high level attendance, made of PES presidency members, nominee European Commissioner László Andor, MEPs, NGOs, and trade unionists debated the priorities of the 2009-2014 mandate.