Quote of the week by S&D President, Gianni Pittella 17.04.2017
“Another harsh blow against democracy and rule of law has been dealt in Turkey. This is yet another decisive step away from Europe. Erdoğan has closed his doors to the EU with this referendum. The EU accession talks should be suspended once Turkey decides to implement the 18 constitutional amendments. We remain convinced that the majority of the Turkish citizens are still looking at democracy and rule of law as crucial benchmarks. The S&D Group will do whatever it takes to reinforce democracy and rule of law against the authoritarian drift carried out by the Erdoğan.”
Past activities
On Wednesday the S&D Group kicked off the third School of Democracy in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Over three days, one hundred young people from over 30 different countries debated and discussed the future of Europe with leading politicians, academics and civil society leaders. A number of high-level figures spoke including S&D Group president Gianni Pittella, Susan George, president of the Transnational Institute, and Sergei Stanishev, president of the Party of European Socialists. The School of Democracy is one of the biggest initiatives in political training in Europe organised by the S&D Group as a way of bringing young progressives together with leading politicians and thinkers.
