Editing Party of European Socialists (section)

=== 1990s ===
In 1992, with the European Community becoming the [[European Union]] and with the [[Treaty of Maastricht]] establishing the framework for political parties at a European level, the Confederation of Socialist Parties voted to transform itself into the Party of European Socialists. The party's first programme concentrated on job creation, democracy, [[gender equality]], environmental and consumer protection, peace and security, regulation of immigration, discouragement of racism and fighting organised crime.<ref name="history"/>

Along with the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|Socialist Group in the European Parliament]], the founding members of the PES were:<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.renner-institut.at/fileadmin/user_upload/images_pdfs/publikationen/pdfs/europe-our-common-future-celebrating-20-years-of-pes.pdf|title="Europe, Our Common Future" Celebrating 20 years of the Party of European Socialists|last=Skrzypek|first=Ania|publisher=FEPS – Foundation for European Progressive Studies|year=2013|isbn=978-3-85464-037-0|location=Belgium|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728082209/http://www.renner-institut.at/fileadmin/user_upload/images_pdfs/publikationen/pdfs/europe-our-common-future-celebrating-20-years-of-pes.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]
* [[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|Socialist Party]] (Francophone) and the [[Socialist Party Different|Socialist Party]] (Flemish) of Belgium
* [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] of Denmark
* [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] of France
* [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]
* [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] of Greece
* [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] of Ireland
* [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party]], [[Italian Socialist Party]] and [[Democratic Party of the Left]] of Italy
* [[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party]]
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] of the Netherlands
* [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party of Portugal]]
* [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]]
* [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]
* [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] of the UK