abbr=cspec

Following the ninth Congress of the Socialist parties of the member states in Bonn on 26 and 27 April 1973, the Office of the Social Democratic Parties of the European Community implemented the Mozer Report and Radoux Report and the Confederation of the Socialist Parties of the European Community (CSPEC) was inaugurated on 5 April 1974 in Luxembourg. ^[1] The first President of the CSPEC was Wilhelm Dröscher,member of the Central Committee of the SPD. ^[1] The institutional structure of the Office was largely maintained, with some small changes: the new rules of procedure provided for decisions to be taken by majority vote; the Congress would be able to force the national parties to abide by its decisions; and the seat of the Confederation was transferred from Luxembourg to Brussels. ^[1] This Confederation was closer to the type of national cooperation under the Socialist International than the transnational party that was originally envisaged, but most national parties acknowledged that Socialist party cooperation in Europe had entered a new phase. ^[1]

• Linda McAVAN
• Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union
• Political statement from the Socialist parties of the European Community (Brussels, 24 June 1978)
• Political Parties and the European Union
• How does the PES work?
• Shaping a Vision: A History of the Party of European Socialists. ^[1]
• Confederation of the Socialist Parties of the European Community Collection
• Political groups of the EP

[[Category:Political parties established in 1974]] [[Category:Socialism]]