No military solution for Gaza
PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen warned “There is no military solution to the insecurity of life in and around Gaza. Only a comprehensive political agreement between Israel and Palestine will create the conditions for peace and security. There is a real danger that the result of the conflict, in addition to the civilian casualties and humanitarian crisis, will be strengthened support for Hamas.”
PES is looking for an intern
The PES is looking for an intern for its campaign team.
Leading Socialists address Barroso on McCreevy's failure to implement regulation covering all financial players
In a damning letter to European Commission President Barroso, three leading Socialists – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (President of the PES), Martin Schulz (Leader of the Socialist Group) and Pervenche Berès (chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee) – say they have lost trust and confidence in Commissioner McCreevy due to his failure to implement the demands of the European Parliament for regulation covering all financial players.
PES Manifesto: “People first, A new direction for Europe”
Today the leaders of Europe’s social democratic and socialist parties adopted the PES manifesto for the 2009 European elections. “Our policies are more inclusive than the conservatives” said Rasmussen “and we do our politics in a more inclusive way too.”
The manifesto was drawn up following a nine-month open consultation and was adopted by PES leaders, including Jose Luis Zapatero, Franz Müntefering, Martine Aubry, Jose Socrates, Ferenc Gyurcsany, Alfred Gusenbauer, Sergei Stanishev, Borut Pahor, Gediminas Kirkilas, Jean Asselborn, Carolin Flint, George Papandreou, Mona Sahlin, Elio Di Rupo, Caroline Gennez, Helle Thorning Schmidt, Jutta Urpilainen, Eamon Gilmore, Grzegorz Napieralski, Janis Dinevics, Riccardo Nencini, Yiannakis Omirou, Joseph Muscat, Piero Fassino, Margot Wallstrom, Martin Schulz and Mercedes Bresso.
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(soon in German and Spanish as well)
Summit important for the world
Commenting on the outcome of one of the most important European Summits for many years PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said "Although the recovery plan is probably only a first step, and the climate package is a compromise, European Governments have made some very important decisions today."
Socialists demand ambitious recovery plan
The EU should adopt an ambitious Economic Recovery Plan at its Summit on 11-12 December that is big enough to safeguard current employment levels say the leaders of Europe’s socialist and social democratic parties.
