Similar to the European People's Party (EPP) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the Party of European Socialists (PES) is preparing to hold its annual congress on 7 and 8 December in Lisbon, which will be the last one before the European elections in May 2019.
Few surprises are expected at this large meeting since the European Party has already nominated its Spitzenkandidat as the Dutchman Frans Timmermans, who will defend social democratic matters of priority....