European Socialist Party

Party of European Socialists
President	Sergei Stanishev (BG)
Secretary-General	Achim Post (DE)
Founded	1973 (Confederation) 9–10 November 1992 (Party)
Headquarters	Rue Guimard 10, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Think tank	Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Youth wing	Young European Socialists
Women's wing	PES Women
Ideology	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours	Red
European Parliament	191 / 751
European Council	9 / 28
European Commission	8 / 28
Website
www.pes.eu
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The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a social-democratic European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties primarily from member states of the European Union (EU) and other nations of the European continent. The PES member parties are themselves mostly members of the Progressive Alliance or Socialist International. The political group in the European Parliament of the PES is the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). The PES also operates in the Committee of the Regions (in the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions) and the European Council. The PES is currently led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

The PES includes major parties such as the Italian Democratic Party (PD), the British Labour Party, French Socialist Party (PS), Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and also has member parties in all EU states.

The party's English name is "Party of European Socialists". In addition, the following names are used in other languages:

In March 2014 following the congress in Rome, the PES added the tagline "Socialists and Democrats" to its name following the admission of Italy's Democratic Party into the organisation.

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