2015 marks the mid-way between PSI Congresses, as we consolidate our mandate from 2012 and begin to plan for our future at the 2017 Congress. Yet many of the threats we face continue. Our affiliates have faced further attacks on their trade union rights, and quality public services continue to be subject to the ever present threats of austerity and privatisation. Our movement is battling growing inequality, unemployment and resurgent, and often overtly racist, right-wing political movements.