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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the PES at launch of last year's election campaign (Photo: PES)

Socialists want US-style primaries for commission president candidate

by Leigh Phillips, Brussels,

European social democracy is in the doldrums and the members of the continent's centre-left think that a major change at the top of the Party of European Socialists is the solution.

After a rout of the centre-left in last year's European elections, activists with the centre-left Party of European Socialists (PES) have launched a campaign to push for US-style primary elections within the party to select their candidate for the presidency of the next European Commission in 2014.

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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the PES at launch of last year's election campaign (Photo: PES)

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