Editing Party of European Socialists (section)

=== 2010s ===
In 2010, the [[Foundation for European Progressive Studies]] was founded as the [[European political foundation]] ([[think tank]]) of the PES.

Mr Rasmussen stood down at the PES Progressive Convention in Brussels on 24 November 2011. He was replaced as interim president by [[Sergey Stanishev]], at the time chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and former prime minister of Bulgaria.

On 28–29 September 2012, the PES Congress in [[Brussels]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Together for the Europe we need!|publisher=Zita Gurmai, President of PES Women|date=26 July 2012|url=http://www.pes.eu/en/blogs/zita-gurmais-blog/together-europe-we-need|access-date=8 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819082156/http://www.pes.eu/en/blogs/zita-gurmais-blog/together-europe-we-need|archive-date=19 August 2012}}</ref> Congress elected interim president [[Sergey Stanishev]] as full President, as well as four deputies: Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (1st Vice-President – [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]), [[Elena Valenciano]] ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]]), [[Jan Royall]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]) and [[Katarína Neveďalová]] ([[Direction – Social Democracy|Smer-SD]]). The same Congress elected Achim Post ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) as its new secretary general, and adopted a process which it described as "democratic and transparent" for electing its next candidate for Commission President in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title= Ethics in politics : For strong moral conduct through a strong moral code |publisher= PES Presidency declaration |date= 14 April 2011 |url= http://www.pes.org/sites/www.pes.org/files/adopted_presidency_declaration_on_ethics_in_politics_en_1.pdf |access-date= 8 August 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110808133910/http://www.pes.org/sites/www.pes.org/files/adopted_presidency_declaration_on_ethics_in_politics_en_1.pdf |archive-date= 8 August 2011 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
[[Sergey Stanishev]] was re-elected PES President on 22–23 June 2015 in Budapest. The Congress also approved Achim Post ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) as the Secretary-General as well as the four Vice-Presidents: Jean-Christophe Cambadélis ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]), Carin Jämtin ([[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]), [[Katarína Neveďalová]] ([[Direction – Social Democracy|Smer-SD]]) and [[Jan Royall]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]).

On 7–8 December 2018, the PES Congress gathered in Lisbon to elect its leadership. [[Sergey Stanishev]] was confirmed as party President and Achim Post ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) as secretary general. [[Iratxe García]] ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]]) was elected by the new presidency 1st Vice-President of the PES and Francisco André ([[Socialist Party (Portugal)]]), [[Katarína Neveďalová]] ([[Direction – Social Democracy|Smer-SD]]) and [[Marita Ulvskog]] ([[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]) were elected PES Vice-Presidents. During the PES Presidency of October 2019, [[Heléne Fritzon]] ([[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]) became PES Vice-President, replacing Marita Ulvskog.

On 22–23 February 2019, the PES held its Election Congress in [[Madrid]] to endorse a Common Candidate and adopt its manifesto for the [[2019 European Parliament election]]. The Election Congress acclaimed European Commission First Vice-President [[Frans Timmermans]] and adopted its manifesto: A New Social Contract for Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=A New Social Contract for Europe|publisher=Party of European Socialists|date=22 February 2019|url=https://manifesto.frans4eu.eu/|access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>