04/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - During the Madrid congress, the Party of European Socialists (PES) appealed for a rapid entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, which “is much better than the Treaty of Nice”. In a declaration, EU socialist and social democratic leaders said they were optimistic about a solution being found to resolve the problem in Ireland. The Czech Presidency of the EU is being urged to “play a positive role” to facilitate implementation of the road map the European...