7 Dec

PES Congress, Lisbon 2018

7 - 8 Dec 2018 Lisbon
PES Congress, Lisbon 2018

The XI PES Congress took place on 7-8 December in Lisbon, Portugal. Hundreds of delegates from the PES Member parties across Europe gathered to debate key issues ahead of the 2019 European elections and to acclaim the PES Common Candidate, Frans Timmermans.

The Congress was organised with the invaluable support of PS Portugal.

As in previous years, activists and organisations from the social democratic family made a big contribute to Congress.

In advance of the Congress, PES Women organised its Annual Conference on 6 December – Violence against Women in Politics: A cost to Democracy

Congress documents

Resolutions

The Congress approved eight resolutions addressing key issues facing Europe today. These resolutions will form the basis of the PES manifesto for the 2019 European elections:

  1. For a Europe of gender equality and empowered women
  2. Progressive economy 
  3. Social Europe 
  4. A healthy environment and food, green growth and modern industries 
  5. For a stronger democracy in Europe 
  6. For fair and progressive asylum and migration policies that work for all 
  7. Empowering youth 
  8. For a fair, sustainable, peaceful and prosperous world 

Other documents

Congress news

Media