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Parncipantes Alendus Alliance Progressiste: « Construire Notre Par$cipantes aendus Alliance progressiste: « Construire notre avenir » 12-13 Mars 2017, Berlin, Germany Argen$na Antonio Bonfa> Socialist Party (PS) Sebas@an Melchor Argen$na Jaime Linares Gen Party (Gen) Ricardo Vazquez Australia Trudy JacKson Australian Labour Party (ALP) Austria Ilia Dib Social Democra@c Party of Chris@an Kern Austria (SPÖ) Georg Niedermühlbichler Andreas Schieder Sebas@an Schublach Bahrain Saeed Mirza Na@onal Democra@c Ac@on Society (Waad) Belarus Ihar Barysau Belarussian Social Democra@c Party (HRAMADA) Belgium Ariane Fontenelle Socialist Party (PS) Elio di Rupo Belgium Jan de BocK Socialist Party (S.PA) Jan Cornillie Bosnia Herzegovina Irfan Cengic Socialist Democra@c Party Sasa Magazinovic (SDP) Davor Vulec Brazil Monica Valente WorKer’s Party (PT) Bulgaria Kris@an Vigenin Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Krum ZarKov Burkina Faso Moussa Boly Movement of People for Progress (MPP) Cameroon Josh Osih 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