Blog du PSE
They came from the United States, India, Australia and Europe to say "We need a Financial Transaction Tax now!" at the Global Progressive Forum and Foundation for European Progressive Studies conference, today in Brussels.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Roadshow started in Vila Franca de Xira with Vital Moreira, Socialist MEP and José Reis Santos, PES activists coordinator
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.
Le samedi 24 avril, le PSE organisera une Journée d’action commune sur le thème « Pour une taxe sur les transactions financières ». Les partis membres du PSE ainsi que tous les militants du PSE sont invités à organiser des activités sur ce thème au cours de cette même journée.
Comment créer une Europe plus prospère, plus sociale et plus écologique tout en dépassant la crise financière et économique sans menacer la durabilité à long terme des finances publiques ? Telle était l’une des nombreuses questions abordées par le Réseau du PSE sur l’Europe sociale lors de sa réunion du 2 février dernier.
















