Dear friends,
“ESO (European Senior Organisation) – PES seniors” is the seniors’ network of the PES, the party of European Socialists and Social Democrats. It is the umbrella organization of socialist and social-democratic seniors’ organizations and/or working groups for seniors’ policy within the PES member parties.
With our newsletter, we want to inform you about our actions and positions, as well as some contributions from our members.
First of all, our best wishes for 2026! Peace, solidarity, respect for democracy and fundamental rights… that’s what we are committed to, based on our social-democratic vision for society. We will do this as part of the broader civil society, in collaboration with all democratic forces.
In this newsletter, you’ll hear about our commitments: our demand for recognition as full partners—being old shouldn’t mean “out”—also within our own political family; our first meeting with our partner organizations from the Green and Christian Democratic movements, with AGE, and with representatives of the three groups in the European Parliament; we also formulated our position regarding the European intergenerational fairness strategy; you’ll also find more information about an interesting Belgian study on age discrimination, which is a significant ground for discrimination not only for the elderly, but for all age groups.
You can find our Newsletter 6 HERE
This newsletter is primarily aimed at our partners and political representatives who are committed to senior citizen organizations and intergenerational solidarity. Would you like to contribute to our work, our reflections, and the implementation of our policy proposals and priorities? Please let us know. (eso@socialistseniors.eu)
Kind regards,
Jos Bertrand
President ESO (European Senior Organisation) – PES-seniors