30 May 2013

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PES
conference calls for hands on approach to EU
industrial policy

“The laissez faire approach
to industry has failed, it is time for a hands on
approach”. So said Party of European Socialists
(PES) Vice-President, Katarína
Neved'alová. The Slovakian Member of the
European Parliament (MEP) was speaking at a high
level conference on EU industrial policy,
organised by the PES in Brussels today. She called
on; “European institutions and Member States to
formulate a European Industrial policy and to give
support to industry, in order to promote long term
growth. The EU and Member States must provide the
right framework conditions for industry, namely
ensuring access to capital, improving
infrastructure and strengthening education and
training systems.”

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PES
Finance Ministers: Time for a fair tax
agenda

For hundreds of millions of
European citizens, tax is a relatively simple
affair. You see the gross figure on your pay check
and the net figure in your bank account. Once a
year you look at the limited ways you can claim
some tax relief, and that is pretty much it.
However the same rules do not seem to apply to two
very significant categories, the super rich and
the super companies.

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PES
Leaders’ meeting: “A progressive industrial policy
can change the course of the crisis”, says PES
President

PES
Social Ministers call on European leaders to take
citizens' concerns seriously

Happy
birthday PES Women!

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Bulgarian
elections: BSP doubles seats in Parliament, calls
for the re-establishment of the integrity of the
institutions

The
Workers Youth Festival: United we make
history!

PES
Leaders meeting, Leipzig, 22 May
2013

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Editorial

From
May 1863 Leipzig to May 2013 Sofia, the value of
progressive democracy

History
shows us that election day always has
consequences. This is a fundamental principle of
progressive democracy, even if the outcome is
neither progressive nor democratic. In case of
my own country, Bulgaria, the chaotic, massively
manipulated general election on May 12 has
proven to be part of the legacy of the
conservative GERB party. This is and always will
be a legacy of democratic abuse, of isolation
and political neglect. This is also the reason
why, despite evidences of illegally printed
ballots and widespread corruption, the official
numbers still show that two-thirds of the
electorate voted against GERB. Now, the
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will focus to
engage in dialogue with all members of society
with the ultimate goal of bringing this
destructive legacy to an end.

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MY
PES

PES
activists celebrate Europe day across the
continent

The
9th of May saw European Socialists and Social
democrats take a stand for the future of Europe
for the second edition of our Europe Day
celebrations. Under the common theme “United in
solidarity” groups from Portugal to Romania
organized individual actions to spread the ideas
of peace, equality, solidarity and unity in
their cites and regions.

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Calendar

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PES
Democracy & Society Network

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