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Party
of European Socialists' Newsletter

20
April 2011

HOT TOPIC

Financial
Transaction Tax call grows and grows as nearly 400,000 e-mails
sent to EU Commission

As part of the Europeans for Financial
Reform (EFFR), the PES continues to build on the growing calls
for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). This week saw nearly
400,000 e-mails sent in response to the European Commission’s
consultation on tax in the financial sector.

See video on next steps in the
FTT campaign below

World

PES
Foreign Policy Network announces major ‘democracy and
progress’ conference in Tunis Event marks first
‘post-revolution’ European Political Party involvement
in the region

The Party of European
Socialists (PES) Foreign Policy Network announced
a major conference to be held in Tunis (Tunisia)
on 28-29 April. The Network chair, former Prime
Minister of Bulgaria Sergei Stanishev, stated that
the meeting will be; “the first conference held by
a European Political Party in the region since the
revolutions”. Mr. Stanishev stated that; “The PES
event will provide a solid progressive platform to
promote democratic principles.”

Economy

It
is up to us to tell the European Commission to stop
speculating on the benefits of a Financial Transaction
Tax

By: PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Ani
Podimata MEP, Pervenche Beres MEP

As you already know, we at
the Party of European Socialists (PES) and at the
Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the
European Parliament are with you in the Europeans
for Financial Reform (EFFR),
fighting for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) at
the European level. This socially beneficial tax
would raise € 200 billion per year, to be destined
for the European social model, for development and
to fund climate change, all of which we fight for
tooth and nail.

PES
Women

Violence
against women: European Parliament report puts pressure
on Commission

On 5 April the European
Parliament adopted a report on violence against
women presented by Eva-Britt Svensson MEP. The
report denounces the lack of coherence between
national laws on the issue. The main concern is
that this makes the level of protection for women
very uneven, and calls on a EU directive to
effectively combat gender-based violence across
Europe.

My PES

PES
activists’ initiative: an opportunity to campaign for
your ideas

The PES has initiated an
exciting process to enhance the participation of
individual members in PES party life: The PES
activists’ initiative. Thanks to the
initiative the voice of activists is heard within
the PES structures.

EDITORIAL

We
believe in the European Union - a Different Kind of
European Union
PES
President, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

By: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Attila
Mesterhazy, Victor Ponta, Sergei Stanishev, Grzegorz
Napieralski

As we witness the European Federation of Trade Unions
(ETUC) demonstration in Budapest (9 April) there is a
growing realisation among European citizens that the
situation today is not “politics as usual”. In the last
two and a half years the continent has been shaken by
the biggest economic crisis for two generations. An
initial honeymoon period of neo-Keynesian policy was
soon washed away by a Conservative driven
‘austerity-only’ agenda. Now people all over Europe are
feeling the pain, the social exclusion, and the
injustice of this agenda. Nowhere is this more evident
than in the ‘new’ EU Member States.

News from PES members

José
Sócrates reelected PS Portugal
leader

Forthcoming events

28-29 April - PES Euromed Conference

5-6 May - 4th PES
Balkans Conference
9 May - Europe's
Day

Re:new

My
PES

Economy

Social
Europe

Environment

World

PES
Women

PES

More
news

PES

PES
adopts stringent anti-corruption plans for EU politics “Ethics
in Politics - For Strong Moral Conduct through a Strong Moral
Code”

The PES leadership has today adopted a
set of stringent measures to ensure the highest standards in
public office. This strong declaration comes after the recent
corruption scandals that came to light in the European
Parliament.

Re:new

Re:new
process gathers pace

A significant step forward in the PES Re:new process was
made last Friday (April 15) at the 3rd Advisory Committee of
Progressive Societies.
Under the chairmanship of PES
President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, participants examined
contemporary society and the role of the individual.