Where Now for European Social Democracy? - Policy Network

AcknowledgementsThis collection of essays was prepared for a trilateral seminar on thefuture of social democracy co-organised by Policy Network, theFriedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and A Gauche, en Europe. The event, heldin London on the 26th and 27th of February 2004, brings together 15progressive politicians, thinkers and policy-makers from each of thethree countries involved: France, Germany and the United Kingdom.We would like to thank Joanne Burton and Katerina Rudiger inthe Policy Network office for their help in organising this event.David Levaï and Ruth Ziegler also deserve thanks for co-ordinatingthe visiting delegations from France and Germany respectively.We hope that this seminar will be the first of many similargatherings. The discussions triggered by the contributions containedin these pages should be considered the starting point of an ongoingdebate on the future of social democracy. We would like to thankthe authors for their commitment and interest in this project.Special thanks are also due to Francesca Sainsbury and NathanielCopsey, who tirelessly edited and translated the publication. Withouttheir dedication this pamphlet would never have been possible.Matt Browne, Director of Policy NetworkOlivier Ferrand, Secretary General of A Gauche, en EuropeFrançois Lafond, Deputy Director of Policy NetworkGero Maass, Director of the London Office of theFriedrich-Ebert-StiftungLondon, February, 2004vii