The European Election Ann Linde, Head of International Unit Party of European Socialists.

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The European Election Ann Linde, Head of International Unit Party of European Socialists

 Overall turnout = 43%  Only 3 out of 10 youth  PES = 25% Reminder about 2009

 Critical vis-à-vis the right-wing Europe: «It’s not the Europe we want »  Back to the «European dream» «solidarity, cooperation, respect»  Not pro-EU vs Eurosceptics In 2014: Another Europe is possible!

The current Parliament

 Parliament = 188 S&D MEPs / 736  Council = 3 PES Prime Ministers / 28  Commission = 7 PES Commissioners / : Right dominated Europe They are responsible !

 Now 19 of 28 are in government! Good news: The Left is back!

Now, Socialists are back !  12 PM - Faymann, Di Rupo, Thorning-Schmidt, Fico, Milanovic, Butkevicius, Ponta, Muscat, Oresharski, Letta, Hollande (Ayrault) and Sobodka  7 in coalitions – FL Urpilainen, NL Asscher, IE Gilmore, LUX Asselborn, GR Venizelos, GER Gabriel and SL

Remember the main issue for Europeans voters Unemployment Economic situation Inflation Government debt Future of pensions Others

 Economic and social crisis Over 6 million young people without a job Negative growth Weakened competitiveness So, what is the context of the election « European Social Model in danger »

1. Common candidate: «3Ps» -Personalized -Politicisation -Participation 2. Short Manifesto 3. Country specific strategy/campaign 4. Target groups The Shift: Key factors to 2014

This is our mental picture of the EP

This is the actual electoral map of EP (If non-voters were proportionally represented, they would have 437 seats.)

So what is the path to victory for our political family in 2014 European elections…?

Turn out, turn out, turn out Its all about the turn out, right? Thanks to data-driven analysis, we now know this is a turnout election. In fact, the only realistic strategy for victory is to increase our turnout.

All It Takes

Tactical considerations OUR MISSION: Only convince 12 million more people to vote PES in May million eligible voters didn’t vote in 2009

Target-rich environments Smaller countries Non-votersGoal Denmark Ireland Slovenia Latvia