Published Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 11:19
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A common manifesto for the European left!
Yesterday in Madrid, at PES Council, the socialist, social democrat and labour parties leaders adopted their common manifesto for the European elections. This manifesto is the ultimate step of an open consultation which lasted for almost a year.
None was missing. First, 400 PES activists who arrived in Madrid from every corner of Europe. They were there on the stage, just behind their leaders, supporting them and asking their questions about the most relevant themes of the manifesto.
Then the big moment came, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen invited all the leaders to join him and one by one, each of them came to the stage, gave their reasons for supporting the Manifesto and voted for its official adoption.
Then was Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's moment: he spoke and you could really feel the energy and the enthusiasm spreading into the plenary and among all the activists attending the session. The Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero closed this adoption by a long speech.
Now it is time to jump in the campaign and take Europe back. Yes, we definitely can.
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1. Hello from Copenhagen by rikkeindenmark
on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 00:15
Hello PES activist friends! I hope everyone have arrived home safely. What amazing days in Madrid - and what a great moment the adoption of the manifesto was! I have been following the manifesto campaign since its very beginning and it was really interesting to read the outcome and witness the adoption. A very European experience - I hope taking part in PES activists will bring many more moments like this.
I wish you all the best - and hope to see you, my friends, again soon. Maybe on a campaign exchange or a PES action day - who knows? :-)
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