EUROPE, OUR COMMON FUTURE “Europe, Our Common Future” Celebrating of the Party of European Socialists By: Dr Ania Skrzypek Senior Research Fellow FEPS 1 EUROPE, OUR COMMON FUTURE “Europe, Our Common Future” Celebrating 20 years of the Party of European Socialists 1 “Europe, Our Common Future” is the title of the founding “The Den Haag Declaration”, as adopted by the First Congress of the Party of the European Socialists in the Hague on 9th -10th November 1992. By: Dr Ania Skrzypek Senior Research Fellow FEPS Published in Belgium in 2013 By FEPS - Foundation for European Progressive Studies, with the financial support of the European Parliament Design: p-l-a-s-m-a . net Copyright © FEPS – Foundation for European Progressive Studies ISBN: 978-3-85464-037-0 Number was received thanks to Renner Institut Responsible Publisher: Ernst Stetter, FEPS Secretary General at
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[email protected] EUROPE, OUR COMMON FUTURE INDEX FOREWORDS 5 Massimo D’AlEMA 6 Sergei Stanishev 5 5 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHAPTERS 10 1. Spring of European Socialism 1951-1992 16 2. Founding the Party of European Socialists 1991-1992 28 3. Formulating a Socialist Agenda for Europe 29 3.1 PES Manifestos in the last two decades 33 3.2 Manifesto 1994 37 3.3. Manifesto 1999 42 3.4 Manifesto 2004 50 3.5 Manifesto 2009 64 4. Building a European Socialist Party 65 4.1 The morning after... 67 4.2 The first decade: from The Hague to Berlin (2001) 73 4.3 Berlin Reform 2001: Strengthening awareness and internal cohesion 78 4.4 From Berlin 2001 to vienna 2005 82 4.5 vienna Reform 2005: “For Stronger PES” 90 5.