Party of European Socialists march for a recovery based on jobs

29/09/2010

Philip Cordery, Catherine Trautmann, Zita Gurmai, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

"These thousands demonstrating on the street of Brussels today are the hardworking ordinary citizens of Europe who have had to carry too heavy a burden in the aftermath of the economic crisis," said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, PES President. "European leaders, using European solutions, must define a new balanced way to recovery that illustrates that the lessons of the crisis have been learned and the burden shared."

Mr. Rasmussen was part of a PES bloc in a demonstration that the organisers, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), estimated at over 100,000 people. The PES leader was joined by Members from the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group in the European Parliament.

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PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and General Secretary Philip Cordery marching with French trade union leader Bernard Thibault
ETUC General Secretary John Monks
PES President signs the European Metal Workers’ Financial Transaction Tax Boat
PES President marching at the head of the demonstration
PES bloc including S&D MEPs, Zita Gurmai (Hungary and President of PES Women), Harlem Desir (France), Alain Hutchinson (Belgium), Pervenche Bères (France), Karine Lalieux Belgian Socialists (PS) and Caroline Gennez leader of Belgian Socialists SPA (Flanders).

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Please note! that a full highlight reel of the PES and S&D participation in the demo be available on the PES website on Thursday 30 September.

For further information please contact Brian Synnott (PES Press) on +32 474 98 96 75 (brian.synnott@pes.org)