Bucharest, 7 April, 2024
Last night, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, at the same time the Chairman of the VETËVENDOSJE! Movement, Albin Kurti, participated in the conference of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Bucharest, Romania, in the framework of the campaign for the European elections of June 9.
Among the representatives of different parties, we emphasize the reception of the Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, the talks, but also the presence of the European Commissioner and at the same time the unanimous candidate of the PES for the President of the European Commission, Nicolas Schmit, the President of the PES and the former Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven, also the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Katarina Barley, the President of the group of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garcia Pérez, and many other representatives of the PES member parties -it.
Two months before the European elections, this meeting was very important to mobilize as many voters as possible in the face of the dangers that threaten democracies in Europe from the efforts of external and internal forces that aim to weaken the European Union.
As Prime Minister Kurti emphasized during the dinner with leaders, social democracy has the ideas and tradition to protect and develop both democracy and Europeanism, but it also has the solutions and the potential to face together the three main global challenges of the time: social inequalities, changes climate and security threats. He expressed his belief that the PES can become the first parliamentary power in Brussels if we work together for a high participation in the elections, to which our emigration certainly contributes.
Prime Minister Kurti wished the Social Democratic Party of Romania, which is the first party in the country, success in this year’s four elections. In the end, he invited all those present to mobilize their representatives in the Council of Europe for the vote expected on April 16 in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, as a new key step for Kosovo’s membership in this very important institution European and international, for rights and justice.
Last modified: April 8, 2024