“Las Fiestas del PCE” have been a great success with as many as 35 000 people attending.
More than just on national issues, members of the EL Executive Board contributed to bring an international, European focus through conferences and debates such as :
/span> /span> /span> “After the referendum in France, what to do?” with Christine Mendelsohn ( PCF), Willy Meyer (IU), and Helmut Makhov (PDS). Christine Mendelsohn brought an interesting input on the activities undertaken by the PCF during the massive campaign on the ‘NO’ to this Constitutional Treaty in France all over the country, and the fruitful collaboration which was established with the social movements. This experience showed that popular and citizen unity can lead to majorities against neo-liberalism. The follow up of the referendum has been conducted actively: at the Paris European Conference of 24 and 25 June 2005, where all the voluntary association, Trade Union and political networks in Europe put forward proposals concerning resistance to neoliberalism all across Europe. This process will continue through the preparation of the European Social Forum taking place in Athens in april 2006. Helmut Markov from the PDS gave a broad approach of the complex political situation in Germany, emphasizing on the crucial role that has to be taken by the Left – Die Linke.PDS- at a time in which the failures of the social-democracy call for a true rejection of neoliberal policies/span> /span>
/span> “Questions of equality in Europe”. Conference held by Christine Mendelsohn ( PCF) and Maite Mola (PCE). /span> The focus here was put on the status of women all across Europe, on the need for equal wages and education, as well as access to health services, and the question of prostitution/span>
/span> /span> /span> “European Campaign against US military bases”. Pedro Marset (PCE) facilitated this conference in which Anastasios Pafilis, General Secretary of the World Council for Peace and Greek MEP draw a panel of current activities.
/span> /span> /span> Pedro Marset (PCE) also spoke with Sami Nair, ex- GUE/NGL member, on “Immigration in the 21 st Century”, and on the “Morality of the terrorism against Cuba”.
The central meeting of the was the “Presentation of the
Manifesto and Program of the PCE for the 21 st century”, by Francisco Frutos, Felipe Alcaraz, /span> Julio Anguita, with representatives of the other Communist Parties of Europe./span> /span>
This event represented the coming together of the Spanish and European Left, building bridges between the national and the European level, exchange of experiences and building alternatives.
