Posts Tagged ‘ Party of European Socialist ’

They Changed their Name Again!

June 24, 2009
By Stephen
They Changed their Name Again!

Image via Wikipedia So the PES, which were going to be called ASDA ASDE decided to choose a different again. This time they have gone with Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats or PASD for short. Not sure what that looks like yet…. So the PASD will be the second largest grouping in the Parliament. It is the offical name change as now their website even has it. So the Groups in the Parliament will be the (in order...

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Okay, so we know all the Groupings?

June 22, 2009
By Stephen
Okay, so we know all the Groupings?

With the anouncement today of the new conservative grouping in the European Parliament, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECRG), we now know all the Groupings in the Parliament. They are (in order of size) (PS not sure im numbers are correct): European People’s Party – 266 Party of European Socialists – 161 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe – 80 European Conservatives and Reformists – 55 Greens-European Free Alliance – 53 Union for Europe of the Nations – 35...

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PES Name Change?

June 11, 2009
By Stephen
PES Name Change?

Image via Wikipedia So the new European Parliament is going to be a bit of an Alphabet soup. According to The Lobby blog the Party of European Socialist Grouping in the Parliament is going to change its name to the “Alliance of Socialists and Democrats” or ASDE for short (Not to be confused with ASDA). So why the change? The name change is to suit the Italian Partito Democratico who in the last parliament where split between PES and...

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