The Party of European Socialists

Abstract

The Party of European Socialists (PES) was founded in The Hague on 9 November 1992. Its roots can be traced back to the Socialist International (SI), of 1950, and even to the First International of 1864. More recently, the PES is the present incarnation of two organizations linked to the first institutions of the European Communities: the Socialist Group in the Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), established in June 1953; and the Liaison Bureau of the Socialist Parties of the European Community, established in April 1957 between the SI parties in the Communities. In June 1957, the Liaison Bureau decided that only delegates from its member parties could sit in the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP). This set the precedenKeywordsParty LeaderEuropean ParliaMaastricht TreatyNational PartyParty OrganizationThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.