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Rebuilding the European left

By Jon on June 10, 2009

The European Parliament Election results on Sunday were not good for social democratic and labour parties across Europe, polling 3% less than at the elections in 2004. PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, posting at Labourlist, states rather blandly that “We need more PES, not less PES” so as to do better next time. I’m afraid [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged European Parliament Elections, Martin Schulz, PES, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 2 Responses

Is Anna Diamantopoulou going to be the PES Commission President candidate?

By Jon on May 12, 2009

OK, I am putting 2+2 together and making 10, but if I get this one right then you heard it here first!
Andy Carling, a regular commenter on this blog, stated that he had heard Poul Nyrup Rasmussen say at a press conference that the PES does have a candidate for President of the [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog | Tagged Anna Diamantopoulou, European Parliament Elections, Margot Wallström, PES, President of the European Commission | 10 Responses

PES is not backing Barroso, but is not backing anyone. Confused?

By Jon on May 9, 2009

I’ve been hammering on and on at the PES and the issue of why socialists have not been able to nominate a candidate for President of the Commission to follow Barroso when the Portuguese’s term of office ends 31st October this year. The story behind all of this gets immensely complex – I’m going to try to [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog | Tagged European Parliament Elections, Martin Schulz, PES, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 11 Responses

PES challenges the Liberals – but what does the single market mean for public services?

By Jon on April 15, 2009

The PES was kind enough to e-mail me a copy of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen’s open letter to the European Liberals (whose campaign launched today) where Rasmussen calls into question the Liberals’ statement that “The single market should be reinforced and extended in energy, postal services, railways and health care”. The full letter is available at [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog | Tagged DB Schenker, PES, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Public services | 1 Response