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The European Election

Ann Linde, Head of International Unitann.linde@pes.eu Twitter: @AnnLinde

Party of European Socialists

Overall turnout = 43% Only 3 out of 10 youthPES = 25%

Reminder about 2009

Critical vis-à-vis the right-wing Europe:

«It’s not the Europe we want »Back to the «European dream»

«solidarity, cooperation, respect»Not pro-EU vs Eurosceptics

In 2014: Another Europe is possible!

The current Parliament

Parliament = 188 S&D MEPs / 736Council = 3 PES Prime Ministers / 28Commission = 7 PES Commissioners / 28

2008-2012: Right dominated Europe

They are responsible !

Good news: The Left is back!

Remember the main issue for Europeans voters

2009 2013

Unemployment Economic situation Inflation Government debt Future of pensions Others

Economic and social crisis Over 6 million young people without a job Negative growth Weakened competitiveness

So, what is the context of the election

« European Social Model in danger »

1. Common candidate: «3Ps» -Personalized-Politicisation-Participation

2. Short Manifesto3. Country specific strategy/campaign4. Target groups

The Shift: Key factors to 2014

This is our mental picture of the EP

This is the actual

electoral map of EP

(If non-voters were proportionally represented, they would have 437 seats.)

So what is the path to victory for our political family in 2014

European elections…?

Turn out, turn out, turn outIts all about the turn out, right?

Thanks to data-driven analysis, we now know this is a turnout election.

In fact, the only realistic strategy for victory is to increase our turnout.

All It Takes

Tactical considerations

OUR MISSION:Only convince 12 million more people

to vote PES in May 2014

221 million eligible voters didn’t vote in 2009

Target-rich environments

Smaller countriesNon-voters Goal

Denmark 1642 000 83 000Ireland 1312 000 70 000Slovenia 1218 000 61 000Latvia 689 000 35000