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16/04/2019 European Parliament backs key progressive policies in final plenary week
A green light for the European Labour Authority and new protections for workers are a welcome step for a more social Europe, but our work is not done the Party of European Socialists (PES) said today.
15/04/2019 Finnish election shows progressive Europe is coming
The Social Democrat victory in Finland shows progressives have the momentum going into the European elections, the Party of European Socialists said today.
10/04/2019 Negotiation is the only route through Brexit impasse
The UK Government and EU must work together to prevent the UK crashing out without a deal, the Party of European Socialists said today.
09/04/2019 Social rights show progress, but a more ambitious Commission would have achieved more
Without progressives driving the social rights agenda, the Juncker Commission’s achievements would be even more modest, the Party of European Socialists said today.
04/04/2019 SEN: We will build on progressive achievements as we continue our fight for equality
Progressives will keep pushing for policies which bring about a better life for all Europeans, the PES Social Europe Network (SEN) said today as it met for the last time during this European Parliamentary term.
04/04/2019 Turkish government must recognise local elections result
The Party of European Socialists urges the governing party AKP to accept the result of the Turkish local elections from Sunday.
01/04/2019 PES welcomes the result of the democratic opposition in the Turkish local elections
The PES is thrilled by the strong results achieved by the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) in the local elections in Turkey and by all the democratic opposition.
29/03/2019 PES closely monitoring situation in Romania
The PES has been closely monitoring the situation around the justice system reforms in Romania.
27/03/2019 Europe free from single use plastic in 2 years
The ban on single use plastics takes us one step closer to a sustainable Europe, the Party of European Socialists said today.
21/03/2019 PES leaders discuss progressive policy plans ahead of European Council
Party of European Socialists leaders discussed the important policy issues on today’s Council agenda alongside PES Common Candidate Frans Timmermans.