PES President: Progressive proposal from Spanish socialists

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PES President: Progressive proposal from Spanish socialists

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Published Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 10:55
by Poul_Nyrup_Rasmussen in EU in the world (467 views and 0 comments)

First of all: congratulations to the Spanish socialist party, PSOE, for winning the national elections in Spain!

There are many reasons to why I have great respect for PSOE. The party’s recent proposal on how to fight brain drain is very progressive. This idea is an inspiration for all Europe’s socialist parties, and I hope it will also be considered by the European Commissioner for Development.

When I see how many doctors and engineers migrate from developing countries to the European Union it seems right to repay by financing the education and training of new professionals in their home countries. PSOE’s idea is a very pragmatic proposal and definitely something which we should consider for our common PES manifesto.

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