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The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) is the think tank of the progressive political family at EU level. Our mission is to develop innovative research, policy advice, training and debates to inspire and inform socialist and social democratic politics and policies across Europe.

FEPS works in close partnership with a solid network of 76 member organisations, boosting coherence among stakeholders from the world of politics, academia and civil society at local, regional, national, European and global levels. More

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World

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Publications
29/01/2026

Progressive Yearbook 2026

In an eerie manner, 2025 resembled the ‘time of monsters’, which, according to the great […]
15/01/2026

Financing enlargement via the 2028-2034 MFF

This brief intends to explain how the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial […]
19/12/2025

Moving beyond neoliberalism in EU trade policy

European Union trade policy finds itself at a crossroads. After three decades of neoliberal dominance in the […]
15/12/2025

The great unravelling

“The great unravelling” examines the challenges that the new era of globalisation poses for progressive […]
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Events
Upcoming
04/02/2026
FEPS HQ (Expert meeting)

Developing a clean industry gender agenda in times of deregulation and policy backlash

The renewed focus on industrial policy in the EU and the development of new policies […]
23/02/2026
Online

Ukraine Solidarity Day

Securing EU's long-term support for Ukraine
Past
30/01/2026
FEPS HQ (Expert meeting)

An EU social agenda for a geopolitical age

Five years after the Porto Social Summit and the adoption of the Action Plan for […]
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Progressive Post
30/01/2026

A tripolar entente and the collapse of legal constraint

30/01/2026

The Greenland spat and the world it makes

30/01/2026

Fictional Davos: When 2+2 equals Trump

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News
29/01/2026

Maria João Rodrigues departs from FEPS Presidency, transitions to Nicolas Schmit

After completing eight years in the role, Maria Joâo Rodrigues has departed the role of […]
29/01/2026

Marianna Mazzucato awarded FEPS ‘Progressive Person of the Year’

FEPS Progressive Person of the Year 2025-2026
21/01/2026

Call for tender – HR consulting services

Applications to be submitted before 15 February
06/01/2026

Venezuela is not about drugs: Trump’s Regional Expansionism and Europe’s Test

FEPS Commentary on US military intervention in Venezuela