1. The European Election Ann Linde, Head of International Unit ann.linde@pes.euann.linde@pes.eu Twitter: @AnnLinde Party of European Socialists

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

3.  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!

4. The current Parliament

5.  Parliament = 188 S&D MEPs / 736  Council = 3 PES Prime Ministers / 28  Commission = 7 PES Commissioners / 28 2008-2012: Right dominated Europe They are responsible !

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

7. 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

8. Remember the main issue for Europeans voters 2009 2013 Unemployment Economic situation Inflation Government debt Future of pensions Others

9.  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 »

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

11. This is our mental picture of the EP

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

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

14. 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.

15. All It Takes

16. Tactical considerations OUR MISSION: Only convince 12 million more people to vote PES in May 2014 221 million eligible voters didn’t vote in 2009

17. Target-rich environments Smaller countries Non-votersGoal Denmark1642 00083 000 Ireland1312 00070 000 Slovenia1218 00061 000 Latvia 689 00035000