8 March 2013

RED ALERT

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PES
President welcomes major step forward on a
European Youth Guarantee

“This is start
of our journey to rebuild the futures of millions
of young people left stranded by unemployment”,
says PES President

Thanks to the efforts of
European Socialists and Social Democratic
Ministers, the EU Social Ministers Council meeting
in Brussels has agreed today to adopt a
European-wide Youth Guarantee.
The Party of European Socialists (PES) has been at
the forefront of the campaign for a European
Youth Guarantee over the past
year.

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‘Growth
and social cohesion are the cornerstones of the
EMU reconstruction' say PES Finance
Ministers

On 5 March the Party of
European Socialists (PES) Economic and Finance
Ministers met at the PES Headquarters in Brussels
to discuss and coordinate their positions ahead of
the ECOFIN Council. The meeting was chaired by
Finnish Finance Minister Jutta
Urpilainen. The Ministers agreed on the
need to promote an Economic and Monetary Union
that is economically sustainable and socially
just.

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PES
President on Slovenia: new centre-left coalition
government is the "opportunity to put the country
back on the path of progress"

“Europe,
Our Common Future. Celebrating 20 years of the
Party of European Socialists”

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PES
President: “Joseph Muscat is the only candidate
who can bring a real wave of change to
Malta”

Skopje
breakthrough on FYROM deadlock welcomed by
PES

PES
Women President Zita Gurmai message on
International Women's Day. Watch
previous PES Women actions.

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Editorial

The
Gender Pay Gap must come to an end in
Europe!

Joint
article by Zita Gurmai and Sergei
Stanishev

On March 8th we
commemorate the International Women’s
Day.

This date is the occasion
to remember and celebrate the fights that in the
last century culminated in the recognition of
the same rights for women and
men in Europe. However, even though the
mobilization of brave women – and men – in the
past was crucial for our generation to grow in a
society where equal rights are established in
principle, this does not mean the fight is over.

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MY
PES

Apply
before March 20th to a PES grant - help funding
your activist event!

After the success of the funding of the PES
activists own events in 2012 we will repeat
this initiative in 2013!

The process of selecting eight activists’
projects to receive 500 euro
funding has been launched last month
and applications should be sent by
March 20th. Citygroup coordinators and
national coordinators have received an email
explaining the procedure and criteria for
selection into their mailbox and they can help
you and provide you further
information.

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Calendar

08/03

PES
Activists Forum 2013

10/03

PES
Ministerial Coordination on Foreign
Affairs

14/03

EU Council
Preparation Meeting

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