1. Benedict (Viktor) Gombocz

2.  The Party of European Socialists
(PES) is a social-democratic European
political party; it consists of national-
level political parties mostly from
member states of the European Union
(EU), as well as non-EU states.
 The member parties of the PES
themselves are members of Socialist
International.
 The PES makes up the Progressive
Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
(S&D) in the European parliament; it
also functions in the Committee of the
Regions and the European Council.
 Its current leader is Sergei Stanishev,
ex-PM of Bulgaria.

3.  President: Sergei Stanishev (BG)
 Parliament Leader: Martin Schulz (President)
(DE), Hannes Swoboda (Group Leader) (AT)
 Founded: 1953 (Group), 1973 (Confederation), 1992
(Party)
 Headquarters: Rue du Trône/Troonlaan 98, 1050
Brussels, Belgium
 Youth wing: Young European Socialists
 Women’s wing: PES Women
 Ideology: Social democracy
 Political position: Centre-left
 International affiliation: Socialist International
 European Parliament group: Progressive Alliance of
Socialists and Democrats
 Colours: Red
 European Parliament: 188/754
 European Council (Heads of Government): 10/27
 Council of the European Union (Participation in
Government): 17/27
 National Upper House Seats: 592/2,273
 National Lower House Seats: 1,725/7,124

4.  Born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR (now
Ukraine) on 5 May 1966.
 Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party
since 2001; also the current leader of
Party of European Socialists, the
second-biggest party in the EP, since
2011.
 Served as PM of Bulgaria from 2005-
2009.

5.  Born Hehlrath (Eschweiler) on 20
December 1955.
 Member of the Social Democratic Party
of Germany.
 Member of the EP since 1994; has also
been President of the EP since 2012.
 Was the leader of Progressive Alliance
of Socialists and Democrats in the EP
from 2004-2012; the group was known
as the Party of European Socialists
prior to 2009.

6.  Born 10 November 1946 in Bad
Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria.
 Member of the Social Democratic Party
of Austria; represents that party in the
EP, of which he has been a member
since 1996.
 Also the President of the group of
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and
Democrats since 17 January 2012.

7.  Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
 Socialist Party Different (SP.a)
 Socialist Party, Belgium (PS)
 Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)
 Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)
 Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK)
 Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)
 Social Democrats, Denmark (SD)
 Social Democratic Party, Estonia (SDE)
 Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)
 Socialist Party, France (PS)
 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
 Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP)
 Labour Party, Ireland (Labour)

8.  Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP)
 Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP)
 Labour Party, Malta (PL)
 Labour Party, Netherlands (PvdA)
 Labour Party, Norway (DNA)
 Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)
 Labor United (UP)
 Socialist Party, Portugal (PS)
 Social Democratic Party, Romania (PSD)
 Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD)
 Social Democrats, Slovenia (SD)
 Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE)
 Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP)
 Labour Party, United Kingdom (Labour)
 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

9.  Socialist Party of Albania (PSS)
 Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP)
 Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (PBS)
 Social Democratic Alliance, Iceland (SDA)
 Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM)
 Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS)
 Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP)
 Democratic Party, Serbia (DS)
 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP/PS)
 Republican People’s Party, Turkey (CHP)
 Peace and Democracy Party (BDP)

10.  Social Democratic Party, Andorra (PS)
 Israeli Labor Party ( )
 Meretz
 Social Democratic Party “Harmony” (SDPS)
 Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (LSDSP)
 Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM)
 Republican Turkish Party (CTP)
 Fatah ( )
 Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD)
 Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties (FDTL)

11.  Party of European Socialists
and social democracy forever!