“I do not see the sanctions against Russia to have any positive effect. The mistrust and confrontation between us have
reached the peak of the Cold War. This situation is not positive for the resolution of conflicts and to the common fight against the global challenges.
That is why most of the European leaders do […]
‘The Party of European Socialists’ European Youth Plan was elaborated in cooperation with the S&D Group in the European Parliament and all PES member parties. We are committed to making it a reality’, said S&D MEP and PES President Sergei Stanishev. He spoke at the #Act4Youth campaign launch event today in Sofia, Bulgaria, together with […]
¨We are the political family that should step forward in shaping the future of the EU. Unlike the right wing, we the progressives cannot waste more time before we come united in the name of the European project. We will propose concrete measures to preserve the European project.¨, stated the PES leader Sergei Stanishev during […]
The Party of European Socialists will discuss progressive policies to fight the economic crisis and boost growth and jobs on the European level in a meeting at the Château de la Celle Saint-Cloud – in the vicinity of Paris – this Thursday, 25th of August, 2016.
This will be the second time the PES leaders meet […]
„Death penalty is brutal and fundamentally unjust. We are deeply worried that the Turkish leadership is promoting the idea of re-introducing it. We call on the government for maximum restraint and caution in the aftermath of the attempted coup. Any step in the direction of reintroducing the death penalty could harm the relations between Turkey and […]
„We need safe legal avenues and effective integration policies for those granted asylum under our common rules. Safe legal avenues are needed to save lives and effective integration policies are needed to offer opportunities to those fleeing war and oppression. But first of all we need to have a proper European asylum system with proper […]
Prime Ministers and Leaders of the Party of European Socialists during a coordination meeting, organized by the leader of the Party Sergei Stanishev, have agreed that there should be no delay before the UK begins the process to leave the European Union.
Urging the UK and the EU to act calmly and responsibly, the leaders agreed […]
The refugee inflow concerns not just Italy but the whole EU. This is what PES President Sergei Stanishev stated opening a PES conference in Rome entitled ‘Progressive answers to Europe’s challenges in the Mediterranean: A new foreign, security and development policy for the Middle East and North Africa’.
The event was hosted by the ruling PES-member […]
Together with the Prime-Ministers of Denmark, Sweden, and Georgia and with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs the position of the left was coordinated before the summit in Riga.
I called for strict observance of the Minsk-2 agreements on Ukraine, as well as for peaceful and sustainable solution for the region. Through the […]
