7 February 2013

RED ALERT

http://www.pes.eu/

Party
of European Socialists campaign forces Van Rompuy
into action on youth unemployment

‘We will be
hyper-vigilant in ensuring that this proposal
stands up to scrutiny and delivers funds for a
genuine youth guarantee’

Party of European
Socialists (PES) President Sergei
Stanishev has cautiously welcomed the
announcement by Herman Van Rompuy that the
European Council, meeting this Thursday and
Friday, will dedicate billions to tackling youth
unemployment, particularly in the hardest hit
regions.

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Lithuania
is ready to continue building a more progressive
Europe

PES Secretary
General Achim Post meets Lithuanian Prime
Minister

At the Party of European
Socialists (PES) headquarters in Brussels, PES
Secretary General Achim Post and
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas
Butkevičius met to discuss the European
challenges and projects ahead for the progressive
family. Lithuania will take the EU Presidency
baton from Ireland in the second half of 2013. The
new presidency will build upon the Cypriot and
Irish presidencies in order to further develop a
progressive solution to the
crisis.

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PES
President to attend high-level conference ahead of
Italian elections

Youth
Guarantee in Europe closer to reality thanks to
PES, PES Women and ECOSY campaign

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Bulgarian
referendum deals a serious blow to Conservative
Prime Minister

PES
Secretary General at SAMAK’s Baltic Sea
conference: “We have to Europeanize the European
elections”

PES
Secretary General Achim Post meets new
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius,
30 January 2013.

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Editorial

More
gender equality is needed as a response to the
current economic and financial
crisis!

PES
Women held its executive meeting last weekend in
Lisbon. As progressive feminists in Europe, it
is our responsibility to take into consideration
one major point when talking about the crisis:
the impact on women of austerity-only policies
put in place in Europe by the Conservative
governments. We focused on the impact of the
economic and financial crisis on women.
Executive members agreed that one of the most
pressing issues was closing the widening gender
pay gap due to the crisis.

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MY
PES

Together
for Change! PES Activists Forum
Update

Hopefully
you have already registered
for the PES activists Forum 2013 in Budapest.
This year it is kindly hosted by the MSZP in
association with FEPS and the Tancsics
Foundation. We are currently at the 2nd round of
approvals so almost all of the 150 seats have
gone. If you are coming, we want to give you a
taste of what to expect!

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Calendar

07/02

European
Council meeting

08/02

"Renaissance
for Europe" conference

11/02

Coordination
Team

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