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Group President Karl-Heinz KLÄR at the SOLIDAR Silver Rose Awards
Brussels, 3 February 2010
The newly elected President of the PES Group attends today the award ceremony of the SOLIDAR Silver Rose prizes, an initiative born in 2000 to honour individuals and organisations who contribute to social justice and solidarity in Europe and throughout the world. 'Thanks to SOLIDAR, the Silver Rose Awards have become a key annual feature of European life, in recognition of social struggles that make the world a better place', said Karl-Heinz Klär
The PES Group elects its new Executive
Brussels, 29 January 2010
Incoming PES Group members of the Committee of the Regions unanimously elected today the Group's new Executive: Karl-Heinz KLÄR, State Secretary of Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Government for Federal and European Affairs (Germany), is the Group’s President and he will be assisted in his tasks by Anna TERRON I CUSI, Secretary for European Affairs of the Presidency of the Catalonia Autonomous Community (Spain), the Group's new 1st Vice-President.
Confirmation
of candidacy of Mercedes BRESSO For the CoR Presidency
Brussels, 29 January 2010
At its extraordinary constitutive meeting held on 29 January 2010, the incoming PES Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR), whose members took office on 26 January, endorsed the recommendation of the outgoing PES Group and unanimously confirmed the candidacy of Mercedes BRESSO, President of the Piedmont Region (Italy) and outgoing PES Group President, for the presidency of the Committee of the Regions. The new CoR President will be elected on 10 February 2010, at the inaugural session of the CoR's fifth term of office, which will be the first five-year term, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
Karl-Heinz KLÄR new President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions
Brussels, 29 January 2010
At its extraordinary constitutive meeting held on 29 January 2010, the incoming PES Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR), whose members took office on 26 January, endorsed the recommendation of the outgoing PES Group and unanimously elected Karl-Heinz KLÄR, State Secretary of Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Government for Federal and European Affairs (Germany), as the PES Group’s President.
Upcoming constitutive meeting of the PES Group in the CoR
Brussels, 26 January 2009
The incoming PES Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR), whose members took office on 26 January, is holding its extraordinary constitutive meeting on 29 January 2010. The incoming Group will decide on the candidacy of outgoing PES Group First Vice-President Karl-Heinz KLÄR, State Secretary of Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Government for Federal and European Affairs (Germany), to the Group’s Presidency. It will also decide on the candidacy of outgoing PES Group President Mercedes BRESSO, President of the Piedmont Region (Italy), to the CoR Presidency.
PES
Group Member József Paizs is no longer with us…
Brussels, 26 January 2009
We have been deeply saddened by the death of our Hungarian comrade József Paizs, who unexpectedly passed away on 24 January 2010.
Congress of Party of European Socialists reinforces role
of PES Group in the Commitee of the Regions
Brussels, 8 December 2009
The PES Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has seen its role strengthened following the 8th Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), held in Prague (Czech Republic) on 7-8 December. The PES Congress took stock of the European elections results and drew up a vision for social democracy in the 21st century. It elected the New President, adopted political resolutions and amended its Statutes.
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Women support the candidature of Mercedes Bresso to the Presidency of
the Committee of the Regions
Prague, Czech Republic, 6 December
At their Annual Conference held in Prague on 5-6 December, PES Women wholeheartedly supported the campaign of Mercedes Bresso, President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR), to become CoR President in the institution’s next term of office starting in February 2010.
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Mercedes BRESSO congratulates Zita GURMAI MEP on her re-election as PES Women President
Prague, Czech Republic, 6 December
PES Women held their Annual Conference in Prague, on 5-6 December, ahead of the 8th Congress of the Party of European Socialists. The Conference, which focused on 'Feminism on the 21st century', was preceded by the elections of PES Women President and Vice-Presidents. The PES Group in the CoR was represented by Mercedes BRESSO and Claudette ABELA BALDACCHINO.
