Social democratic parties

PSD [Social Democratic Party] chairman, Victor Ponta, is going to present the main priorities of the government for 2015-2016, on Friday and Saturday [January 30-31], at the convention of the National Executive Committee of the party. The convention will overlap with the gathering of the Social-Democratic parliamentary groups.

Photo credit (c) Alex TUDOR / AGERPRES PHOTO

Turkey's main opposition party has called on Islamic countries to adopt secularism in order to end the roots of terrorism, denouncing last week's deadly Paris attacks and stressing that "killing innocent people has nothing to do with Islam."

Arguing that the government has failed to make substantial progress in the peace process, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has put forth its own proposal aimed at resolving the Kurdish issue in Parliament.

The Cypriot Parliament has adopted a government budget that envisions an increase in spending of only 0.6 percent.

The budget forecasts state revenue of 5.928 billion euros compared with 5.952 billion euros in 2014, with spending of 6.660 billion euros.

The House of Representatives approved the tight spending plan late Tuesday by a vote of 29-26.

Continuing with democratic reforms is key for Turkey to advance its EU accession process, Kati Piri, the European Parliament's new rapporteur to Turkey, has said on her first visit to Ankara.

Senator Geoana, recently expelled from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), said Wednesday evening that he intends to make "one last attempt", namely to provide the party with "a project of political revival and internal redemocratisation".

In an apparent response to salvoes by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has strongly refuted any blame for the sufferings of Alevi citizens.

Davutoğlu also again expressed his bewilderment for the Alevi population’s apparent support for the CHP, saying that Alevis have been victimized under CHP-led governments in the past.

Montenegro's ruling parties, the Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, are to sign an annex to their coalition agreement next week, aimed at ending long-standing disputes over policy.

The presidential candidate of the Social Democrat Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party (PSD-UNPR-PC), Victor Ponta, has stated Sudnay evening that the parallel count of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) shows that the Liberal Klaus Iohannis has won the elections and has added that he will not resign the position of Prime Minister as nobody requested t

Executive chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea says in an interview with AGERPRES that Victor Ponta will win the presidential election by a ''significant margin" over his opponent, the ACL-backed Klaus Iohannis.