8 th Party of European Socialists PES CongressPES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen ( L ) receives flowers by Zita Gurmai Hungarian president of PES women , after he was re - elected during the first day of the two - day Party of European Socialists , or PES , Congress , the major convention of European Socialists and Social Democrats , in Prague , Czech Republic on 07 December 2009 . Socialists , social democrats and labor members will meet in Prague on 07 and 08 December 2009 to ' debate the future of social democracy in Europe in the 21 st century ', the PES stated on their website . EPA / SRDJAN SUKI < 뉴스 의 새 시대 , 연합뉴스 Live > < 연합뉴스 폰 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >