News
19/02/2020 Europe must act together to strengthen pathways for labour migration
Our family is committed to creating more safe and regular channels for migration to help people in need of protection, to address labour market needs and skills shortages, and to maximise the benefits for the countries of origin, the PES-FEPS Migration & Integration Network meeting in Brussels said today.
07/02/2020 Progressives put pivotal change on the EU’s 2020 agenda, PES conferences and Congress will drive this change forward
Europe’s socialist and democratic political family discussed strategy, the next multiannual financial framework (MFF), its upcoming Congress and a series of conferences on its main priorities this year, at a PES Presidency meeting in Brussels today.
30/01/2020 PES welcomes new Commission Work Programme that reflects core progressive priorities
The work programme for the first year of the new European Commission marks a major change for the EU which brings it much closer to the core priorities of the PES political family.
10/10/2019 PES statement on the killings in Halle, Germany
Following the act of terrorism yesterday in Halle, Germany, where two innocent victims were murdered by a far-right terrorist, the PES:
02/10/2019 Ylva Johansson has the right approach on Home Affairs
The collaborative approach to Home Affairs emphasised by Sweden’s Commissioner-designate is the right path forward for the European Union, the Party of European Socialists (PES) said today.
10/09/2019 PES ready to work together with our Commissioners for progressive change
The Party of European Socialists is looking forward to a close cooperation with the new European Commission and its ten Commissioner-designates from the PES family.
18/06/2019 The PES strongly condemns Turkish gas exploration in Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone
The PES denounces attempts by Turkey to begin gas exploration in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone.
29/03/2019 PES closely monitoring situation in Romania
The PES has been closely monitoring the situation around the justice system reforms in Romania.
12/11/2018 PES Europe Ministers call for greater respect for democracy
The Ministers of European affairs from PES member parties discussed the state of the rule of law in Europe at a meeting in Brussels this morning.
11/09/2018 PES: Time for the EPP to choose, pro-Orbán or pro-European
The Party of European Socialists fully supports the efforts of the European Parliament to safeguard the democratic basis on which the European Union is founded by calling for triggering article 7 (1) of the EU Treaty against the Hungarian government.