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Welcome to my blog! I’m Sergei Stanishev, interim President of the Party of European Socialists. This is where I share my ideas about European politics. I invite you to share your views by commenting on my posts.
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07/05/2012 - 10:17
Sergei Stanishev
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Président Hollande, je vous félicite. The election of a socialist to the Elysée is a great day, not only for France, but for Europe. It is a great day for French citizens and an opportunity for European people. Most of the damage caused by years of conservative economic policy was decided collectively at European level. So a lot of the hard work to repair that damage will have to be done at European level too. It will take hard work and it will need many hands.
05/04/2012 - 10:38
Sergei Stanishev
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Last week I travelled to Tunis to participate to the joint PES, GPF, S&D, FEPS conference “A new progressive agenda for a new Arab world”.
Being in Tunis was a memorable experience: not only had I the opportunity to meet figures leading popular movements against dictatorships, but I also had the opportunity to see the country where the Arab spring started – one year after it begun.
20/03/2012 - 10:56
Sergei Stanishev
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On the 30th March I will be in Tunis to participate in a conference on the Arab Spring named “A Progressive Agenda for a New Arab World”.
06/03/2012 - 16:27
Sergei Stanishev
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It is with great pleasure that I have witnessed the successive victories of European citizens concerning ACTA in the last couple of weeks.
13/02/2012 - 11:36
Sergei Stanishev
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Last Saturday citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against ACTA everywhere in Europe. One of the loudest protests came from the city where I live, Sofia. There, my comrades from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) joined the protests and nothing – not even the freezing cold – could stop more than 10000 brave people in Bulgaria from publicly expressing their discontent over ACTA.
10/02/2012 - 11:28
Sergei Stanishev
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One month after entering 2012 I cannot say the year has begun in the best way. As people took to the streets to protest against serious breaches in democracy in Romania and in Hungary, I could not help but think “What is happening? Where is Europe going?”. How can the continent that saw the birth of democracy and the European Union that puts democracy into its core accept such shortcomings?
03/02/2012 - 10:02
Sergei Stanishev
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article by Sergei Stanishev published on Spanish newspaper Público
This afternoon I will speak at the PSOE Congress in Seville. It is a challenging time for PSOE but this meeting in Seville is guaranteed to be the start of the fight back. After only a matter of months, the shocking reality of a PP Government is being felt across Spain. People now remember the huge gulf between a PSOE government and a PP one. The difference is that one took tough choices but with a strong social conscience while now we have indiscriminate budget cuts without any consideration of the social cost.
24/01/2012 - 10:20
Sergei Stanishev
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article published on Public Service Europe, by PES President Sergei Stanishev and Romanian Opposition leader (PSD) Victor Ponta
In light of the recent events unfolding in Romania, we express our support for the inspiring men and women who have occupied the streets. In order to draw the attention to the increasingly undemocratic measures of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) people across the country are demanding action. In particular, President Traian Băsescu has, with increasing impunity, eroded the separation of powers. He has taken measures to stifle public debate and is blocking basic rights, such as the freedom of the press and fair elections. The opposition of both the civil society and the political parties have been continuously ignored and constrained. Until now.
06/01/2012 - 11:02
Sergei Stanishev
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this article was originally published in Public Service Europe
Hungarian democracy is under siege. The actions of the conservative FIDESZ Government under Prime Minister Viktor Orban have resulted in an unprecedented attack on basic international democratic standards. It is an extraordinary thing to say in the year 2012, but the cold hard fact is that the European Union could now be said to include a non-democratic state as one of its members.
13/12/2011 - 11:17
Sergei Stanishev
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Interview of PES interim President Sergei Stanishev to Euractiv
The introduction of a deficit-limiting 'golden rule' in the EU countries' constitutions on an obligatory basis, decided at the recent EU summit, is likely to raise questions because in most countries neither the parliament nor the society has been consulted, Sergei Stanishev, leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES) told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.
