🌍 The Progressive platform for international development held its second session, bringing together high-level development experts and progressive policymakers from the EU and the Global South. bit.ly/PlatformIntl...

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Strengthening the EU’s role in international development: Global Gateway and beyond

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🇪🇺 FEPS' policy study "European populism & anti-gender narratives" analyses the #GenderEquality backsliding in the EU & North Macedonia and explores how the EU can secure its commitment to defending gender equality, including by emphasising it more in the accession process 📕 bit.ly/Populism_Ant...

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Links between the EU and North Macedonia

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🎓 New publications by FEPS Young Academics Network (FEPS YAN) have been released! 🌐 feps-europe.eu/training/fep... The 9th cycle of the #FEPSYAN has successfully come to an end – marking yet another great chapter of an initiative established by FEPS, in collaboration w/ @renner-institut.at, in 2009

📕Read FEPS’ policy study “Place-based industrial policy: Places, people & power in European industrial policy”! The policy study argues for an industrial strategy that balances national & supranational economic competitiveness & security while supporting democratic legitimacy & regional development

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Places, people and power in European industrial policy

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Summer 2026 has barely started & we've already seen a run of unprecedented heatwaves This summer break might be a good moment to dig deeper into climate policies & remember social policy matters just as much 🎬📚 Read the Reads & Views for some summer inspiration feps-europe.eu/inspiration_...

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FEPS Reacts to the EU Commission communication on the Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights feps-europe.eu/news/feps-re... 🇪🇺🌹Social rights must be the compass for EU action. Blind competitiveness & deregulation will not lead us to better outcomes in labour markets or living conditions

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By Laszlo Andor, FEPS Secretary-General & François Balate, Policy Analyst on Social The communication on the […]

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How would you describe a #SocialEurope in three words? 🇪🇺 🌹 bit.ly/SocialEurope... In Porto, five years after the Porto Social Summit, high-level policymakers and experts gathered in Porto to put #SocialRights back at the heart of the EU 🧵⬇️

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of FEPS Talks with @katarina-barley.de, Vice-President of the European Parliament, @socialistsanddemocrats.eu MEP & Chair of the @pes.eu AI Working Group! bit.ly/FEPSTalks187

#LGBTQI+ rights measure our society's health. 🇭🇺 In Hungary, Magyar enjoys support for restoring democracy, but will he prioritise equality? Only progressive forces can deliver true social reform & equality.🏳️‍🌈 👉Read @powerfraeulein.bsky.social ProgPage @rainbowrosepes.bsky.social

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Hungary beyond the elections: a fragile chance for LGBTQI+

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📕 Read FEPS’ latest book, 'The international network of the radical right'. "The global rise of the radical right is not some random development occurring in parallel in different countries; rather, we are dealing with a transnational social movement in the making". 💬 bit.ly/IntNetworkFa...

🔥 The climate narrative has been hijacked. It sets competitiveness against climate action & science against business. 👉 We need to reclaim the narrative & propose a different kind of leadership. Read “Renewing progressive leadership on climate, energy and industry”. 🔗 bit.ly/RenewingEULe...

Dear Mr Manfred Weber - a personal letter from Nicolas Schmit, FEPS President and former Spitzenkandidat. “You have made a decisive contribution to allowing the far right, the enemies of Europe, to implement their programme”. Read the full letter 👇 bit.ly/LetterOnRetu...

🌊The EU is belatedly awakening to a changing #Mediterranean sea, where more assertive regional powers are reclaiming a role This ☀️issue of the Progressive Post focuses on 🤖 #AI 🧳 #MigrationPact & #ReturnRegulation 🛃 #IAA 🇪🇺 #Enlargement 🇨🇺 #Cuba & more

🇵🇱 FEPS participated in the @yesocialists.bsky.social Summer Camp in Warsaw with a series of interactive panel discussions and training workshops exploring some of the most pressing challenges facing Europe and its neighbourhood! bit.ly/FEPSSummerCa...

What do #SocialDemocracy and progressivism mean in the #Eastern Partnership region? FEPS was in Warsaw for this year’s edition of Friends of Eastern Partnership (FoEP)!🇵🇱 bit.ly/FoEP2026

The EU #MigrationPact implementation phase ended, leaving big questions on member state readiness. Meanwhile, the🆕EP-approved #ReturnRegulation raises human rights concerns 📰Analysis by J.L. De Brouwer, @cartasilvia.bsky.social @gianlucacesaro.bsky.social @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social & A. Neidhardt

Beyond implementation day: the Pact on Migration and Asylum Archives - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

On 12 June, after a two-year implementation phase, the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum finally entered into force. Its long and troubled genesis required significant political compromise between the...

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🇪🇺 How do political parties across the EU view enlargement? Read FEPS latest publications, which provide a country-by-country overview of attitudes towards enlargement ⤵︎ bit.ly/PoliticalPar... #Enlargement is an investment in EU #Security, #Democracy and prosperity & should be treated as such

🔴🌍Day 2 of @socialistsanddemocrats.eu #AfricaDays begins with the roundtable on #ClimateJustice and a shared transition between EU and African partners! bit.ly/climate-just...

I was interviewed about the political dimensions of the MAGA World Cup for the @feps-europe.eu podcast last week. Sporting one of my newest jerseys, of the mighty Avenir Beggen in Luxembourg. 🇱🇺

FEPS Talk - The POLITICAL dimension of the US FIFA World Cup with Cas Mudde

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🌍 FEPS is participating in the S&D Africa Days! Join us: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/africa-days FEPS fringe events include 💲#TaxJustice and international financial reforms 🟢Shared responsibility in #ClimateJustice 📕Live talk show with @DipoFaloyin, author of the book "Africa is not a country"

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Africa is an equal partner in endeavours, aspirations and dreams. And for two days, in Brussels, we will be celebrating this partnership alongside young people, workers, civil society actors, cultural voices and diaspora communities. #AfricaDays live - www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu

⚽ This FIFA World Cup may be the most political in history. Listen to the latest FEPS Talks with @casmudde.bsky.social, Research Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia and Christian Salm, FEPS Head of Democracy & Participation Programmes! bit.ly/FEPSTalks186

🇨🇺 US sanctions and military threats against #Cuba have severe humanitarian costs. The EU must act: demand the US respect #InternationalLaw and urge reforms in Cuba. Read @leirepajin.bsky.social's opinion in today's Progressive Page. 🗞️ feps-europe.eu/cuba-at-a-cr...

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Why Europe must lead with principles, solidarity and dialogue

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📽️ What remains of our humanity if helping becomes a crime? FEPS screened the documentary "From compassion to crime" by Dir. Stanzen Jelsma, which explores the stories of individuals who have faced or are facing legal action for helping #Refugees across Europe More info 👉 bit.ly/CompassionTo...

📕 🇺🇦 Ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, the 2nd volume of the Ukrainian translation of "Europe and the war in Ukraine" is now available. Read it now! bit.ly/EU_War_Ukraine

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From Russian aggression to a new Eastern policy

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🇪🇺 🇬🇧 FEPS Reacts to the 10-year anniversary of the #Brexit referendum. Read the reaction by Secretary-General László Andor. bit.ly/10YearsBrexit

FEPS Reacts: 10 years after Brexit - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

Written by FEPS Secretary-General László Andor 🔸 Brexit has been a case study in national self-harm. The […]

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🔴 🇪🇺 Tune in LIVE at the European Parliament, the #NextLeft lecture by Alan Manning, Professor of Economics and Director of the Labour Markets Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCGo...

How Progressives should think about migration

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📕 Register for the live talk show with Dipo Faloyin, Nigerian-American author and journalist, as part of FEPS’ participation in the @socialistsanddemocrats.eu Africa Days! bit.ly/LiveTalkShow...

🇵🇹🔴JOIN LIVE! FEPS is in Porto for the event #SocialEurope is our Target, with @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social! youtube.com/live/AZeLPRa... 5️⃣years after the Social Summit, it is time to revive the spirit of Porto! ❌ Let’s stop trying to sell #Deregulation & put social rights back at the heart of the EU

Social Europe is our target - High-level conference in Porto

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🇵🇹FEPS is in Porto for the high-level conference "#SocialEurope is our Target"! Final few seats remain for the public conference tomorrow with Commission VP @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social among other high-level speakers! bit.ly/SocialEurope... The conference begins with a series of expert discussions.

🏭🇪🇺Will the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act live up to its ambitions? 📂In this ProgPost dossier, @gregvanelsen.bsky.social, Ludovic Voet & Tommaso Pardi look at the strengths & shortcomings of the #IAA & reflect on what kind of industrial future the EU is building feps-europe.eu/dossier/the-...