The Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (french: Groupe Socialiste, SOC) is a primarily
social-democratic
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
political grouping in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The Assembly is made up ...
. It was known as the Socialist Group prior to August 2017.
The group has 163 members as of March 2018. Its chair is
Liliane Maury Pasquier of the
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...
.
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accessed 27 March 2018.
Socialist Group membership as of 2011
See also
* Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist ...
References
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External links
Official websitePage on the PACE website
Socialist organizations in Europe
Political groups in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe