Enlargement and EU neighbours

The PES works in close cooperation with EU neighbour countries, namely Turkey, the Balkans region and Eastern Europe. It organizes regularly study visits to these countries and meets with progressive forces in the concerned regions.

14 May 2012

For the past years the Serbian people and government have been working tirelessly towards EU Accession. Under the leadership of the Democratic Party (DS) Serbia has met all the criteria set down by the EU in order to achieve Candidate Status.

9 May 2012

The second round of the Serbian Presidential elections will take place on May 20th between Boris Tadic (Democratic Party) and Tomislav Nikolic (Serbian Progressive Party). The PES believes that Boris Tadic is the obvious candidate to lead Serbia in the...

Boris Tadic
2 March 2012

The European Council on the 1st March 2012 decided to grant Serbia official candidate status, furthering the progress towards Serbian Accession to the EU. The PES President, Sergei Stanishev stated that this decision was due to the work of the Government,...

Serbian President Boris Tadic
24 February 2012

PES President Sergei Stanishev and leader of S&D Group Hannes Swoboda met with Serbian President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister of Serbia Mirko Cvetkovic in Belgrade. The delegation praised the domestic...

PES President Sergei Stanishev, President of Serbia Boris Tadic
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