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The - Party of European Socialists (PES)
- Parti Socialiste Européen (PSE)
- Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE)
- Partido socialista Europea (PSE)
is a European political party whose members are the social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway.
PES was founded in 1992 in The Hague to succeed the Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community.
Its current president is the former Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
With 200 members the PES is the second largest group in the European Parliament. Group president is the German social democrat Martin Schulz .
PES members are found in most of the major EU institutions, including the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council and the Committee of the Regions.
PES is an associated organisation of the Socialist International.
Ecosy is the youth organisation of PES.
1 PES Member Parties
- Austria: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ)
- BelgiumFor alternate meanings, see Belgium (disambiguation). Belgian redirects here. For the horse breed commonly used as a draft horse, see Belgian. The Kingdom of Belgium ( Dutch: Belgi French: Belgique German: Belgien is a country in Western Europe, bordered ( FlandersThis article is about a region of Western Europe and of Belgium. For other meanings, see Flanders (disambiguation). Today, Flanders ( Dutch: Vlaanderen French: Flandre or Flandres is a region in Western Europe, in Belgium and a nation, the 'community of t): Sociaal Progressief Alternatief (SP.A)
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- CyprusCyprus (in Greek Kypros Κυπρος; and in Turkish Kibris is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 113 kilometres (70 miles) south of Turkey and around 120 km west of Syrian coast. Name and position The English-langua: Kinima Sosialdimokraton (KISOS)
- Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic ( Czech: Ceska republika is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. Historic Prague, a major tourist attraction: Ceská strana sociálne demokratická (CSSD)
- Denmark: Socialdemokraterne
- Estonia: Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (SDE)
- Finland: Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP)
- France: Parti Socialiste (PS)
- Germany: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)
- Greece: Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (PASOK)
- Hungary: Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP)
- Hungary: Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt (MSZDP)
- Ireland: Labour Party
- Italy: Democratici di Sinistra (DS)
- Italy: Socialisti Democratici Italiani (SDI)
- Latvia: Latvijas Socildemokrtisk Strdnieku Partija (LSDSP)
- Lithuania: Lietuvos Socialdemokratu Partija (LSDP)
- Luxembourg: Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei /Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Luxembourgeois (LSAP)
- Malta: Partit Laburista/Malta Labour Party (MLP)
- Netherlands: Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
- Norway: Det norske Arbeiderparti (DnA)
- Poland: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD)
- Poland: Unia Pracy (UP)
- Portugal: Partido Socialista (PS)
- Slovakia: Sociálnodemokratická Strana Slovenska ((SDSS)
- Slovakia: Strana demokratickej lavice (SDL)
- Slovenia: Zdruena lista socialnih demokratov (ZLSD)
- Spain: Partido Socialista Obrero Espańol (PSOE)
- Sweden: Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet (SAP)
- United Kingdom: Labour Party