11/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - Poul Nyrup Ramussen, president of the Party of European Socialists (PES) welcomed in a press statement, “vial breakthrough” made on 10 July by the Socialist government of Portuguese prime minister José Socrates in negotiations on the “immediate and substantial reform of the pension system”. The former Danish prime minister warned that “financially sustainable pension systems are one of Europe's greatest and most pressing challenges”. He also affirmed...