Editing Party of European Socialists (section)

==Organisation==
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===Constituent organisations===
The youth organisation of the PES is the [[Young European Socialists]]. [[PES Women]] is the party's women's organisation, led by [[Zita Gurmai]]. The LGBTI campaign organisation is Rainbow Rose.<ref name="How work?">{{cite web|title=How does PES work? |publisher=PES website |url=http://www.pes.org/content/view/42/69/lang,en/ |access-date=7 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030175257/http://www.pes.org/content/view/42/69/lang,EN/ |archive-date=30 October 2007 }}</ref>

===International memberships===
PES is an associated organisation of [[Socialist International]] and the [[Progressive Alliance]].

=== President and Presidency ===
The President (currently former [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] [[Stefan Löfven]]) represents the party on a daily basis and chairs the Presidency, which also consists of the Secretary General, President of the S&D group in Parliament and one representative per full/associate member party and organisation. They may also be joined by the [[President of the European Parliament]] (if a PES member), a PES [[European Commissioner]] and a representative from associate parties and organisations.<ref name="How work?"/>

As of 19 November 2024 the Presidency of the PES is:<ref>{{Cite web|title=ÊS Governing Body 2024-11-19|url=https://www.appf.europa.eu/cmsdata/294292/PES%20Governing%20Body%202024-11-19.pdf|website= [[Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations]]|date= 19 November 2024|access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stefan Löfven]] – President
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Iratxe García]] – First Vice-President
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Katarina Barley]] – Executive Vice-President
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Tanja Fajon]] – Vice-President
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Victor Negrescu]] – Vice-President
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kati Piri]] – Vice-President
* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Andrzej Szejna]] – Vice-President
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Caroline Gennez]] – Treasurer
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giacorno Filibeck]] – Secretary General

The list below shows PES presidents and the presidents of its predecessors.<ref name="leaders party">{{cite web|title=Former PES Presidents |publisher=PES website |url=http://www.pes.org/content/view/917 |access-date=21 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009211637/http://www.pes.org/content/view/917 |archive-date=9 October 2007 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|President
!State
!National party
!colspan=2|Term
!Photo
|--
|1.
|[[Wilhelm Dröscher]]
|{{Flagu|West Germany}}
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]
|April 1974
|January 1979
|[[File:No_image.svg|100x100px]]
|--
|2.
|[[Robert Pontillon]]
|{{Flagu|France}}
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
|January 1979
|March 1980
|[[File:No_image.svg|100x100px]]
|--
|3.
|[[Joop den Uyl]]
|{{Flagu|Netherlands}}
|[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]
|March 1980
|May 1987
|[[File:Joop den Uyl 1975.jpg|153x153px]]
|--
|4.
|[[Vítor Constâncio]]
|{{Flagu|Portugal}}
|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]]
|May 1987
|January 1989
|[[File:Vítor Constâncio 2017 (cropped).jpg|145x145px]]
|--
|5.
|[[Guy Spitaels]]
|{{Flagu|Belgium}}
|[[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|Socialist Party]]
|February 1989
|May 1992
|[[File:No_image.svg|100x100px]]
|--
|6.
|[[Willy Claes]]
|{{Flagu|Belgium}}
|[[Socialistische Partij Anders|Socialist Party]]
|November 1992
|October 1994
|[[File:Willy Claes - Filip Naudts.jpg|150x150px]]
|--
|7.
|[[Rudolf Scharping]]
|{{Flagu|Germany}}
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]
|March 1995
|May 2001
|[[File:Scharping.jpg|130x130px]]
|--
|8.
|[[Robin Cook]]
|{{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|May 2001
|24 April 2004
|[[File:Robin Cook-close crop.jpg|152x152px]]
|--
|9.
|[[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]]
|{{Flagu|Denmark}}
|[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]
| 24 April 2004
| 24 November 2011
|[[File:Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danmarks tidigare statsminister, numera EU-parlamentariker.jpg|150x150px]]
|--
|10.
|[[Sergey Stanishev]]
|{{Flagu|Bulgaria}}
|[[Bulgarian Socialist Party]]
|24 November 2011
| 14 October 2022
|[[File:Sergey Stanishev 2009 elections diff crop.jpg|150x150px]]
|-
|11.
|[[Stefan Löfven]]
|{{Flagu|Sweden}}
|[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party]]
|14 October 2022
| –
|[[File:Stefan Löfven (cropped).jpg|left|164x164px]]
|}

===Governance===
The parties meet at the party ''Congress'' twice every five years to decide on political orientation, such as adopting [[manifesto]]s ahead of elections. Every year that the Congress does not meet, the Council (a smaller version of the Congress) shapes PES policy. The Congress also elects the party's President, Vice-Presidents and the ''Presidency''.<ref name="How work?"/>

The ''Leader's Conference'' brings together Prime Ministers and Party Leaders from PES parties three to four times a year to agree strategies and resolutions.<ref name="How work?"/>

===European election primaries===
In December 2009, the PES decided to put forward a candidate for Commission President at all subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=A New Direction for Progressive Societies. Resolution N. 2 A new way forward. Adopted by the 8th PES Congress|publisher=PES|date=8 December 2009|url=http://old.pes.org/en/system/files/Resolution2_adopted_EN.pdf|access-date=17 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 1 March 2014, the PES organised for the first time a European election Congress where a Common Manifesto<ref>{{cite web|title=PES Manifesto Towards a New Europe. Adopted by Election Congress 2014 in Rome|publisher=PES|date=1 March 2014|url=http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/partyofeuropeansocialists/pages/1101/attachments/original/1394819127/pes_manifesto_-_adopted_by_the_pes_election_congress_en.pdf?1394819127|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> was adopted and the Common Candidate designate for the post of Commission President, [[Martin Schulz]], was elected by over a thousand participants in Rome, Italy.
In 2019, progressives elected [[Frans Timmermans]] as PES Common Candidate to the European Elections, during the Election Congress in Madrid on 22–23 February 2019.