Pes Pse

PLEASE LIKE OUR PAGE @Party of European Socialist The Party of European Socialists (PES) brings together the Socialist, Social Democratic and Labour Parties of the European Union (EU). Its aims include: • the strengthening of the socialist and social democratic movement in the Union and throughout Europe; • the development of close working relationships between the national parties, the national parliamentary groups, the Parliamentary Group of the PES, PES Women, ECOSY, and other socialist and social democratic organisations; • the definition of common policies for the European Union; and • the adoption of a common manifesto for elections to the European Parliament. There are 33 full member parties from the 27 EU member States and Norway. In addition, there are 6 associate and 7 observer parties. The PES was founded in 1992 following the Treaty on European Union and the recognition of the importance of political parties at a European level in Article 191 of the Treaty. It succee