Over 40 PES activists from Romania came together in Bucharest on Friday 20 Feb to begin a weekend of discussions and reflections. They were joined by Romanian Social Democrat MEPs Adrian Severin and Gabriela Cretu and activists from Portugal, France and Bosnia. Yes, there’s a PES activist group in Bosnia!! Activists from Gorj, a town in south west Romania, explained – in their bright red ‘PES activists Gorj’ T-shirts, how their group met every week with some 100 activists to discuss European and Romanian issues. They´ve also set up a website which gets some 500 visitors a week. Impressive for a small, poor but ´red´ town far from the capital. There were also questions from activists from Cluj and Craiova. PES activists Romania are a lively and committed bunch and are determined to have an impact in the European elections.