ETUI & FEPS COVID Response Double Webinar

2nd June from 12.00 to 14.15 (CET)

In the aftermath of the Covid crisis, Progressives will need to come together to foster a strong common vision for a more resilient, equal and sustainable European society. The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) are therefore hosting two discussions to address the EU recovery...

• COVID19
• recovery plan

The German Presidency and the EU Recovery Budget

Progressive Economic Policy Online Conference

Wednesday 27 May from 17.00 to 18.30 with:

Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform
Jakob von Weizsāker, Chief Economist German Finance Ministry
Aleš Chmelař, Czech Deputy Minister for Europe
Moderation: László Andor, FEPS Secretary General

Looking ahead to the German Presidency of the EU, this conversation...

• european union
• COVID19
• recovery plan

Different policies for a different crisis

Progressive Economic Policy Online Conference

Tuesday 26 May from 17.00 to 18.30 with:

• Nadia Calviño, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, Columbia University
• Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy
• Moderation: Maria João Rodrigues, FEPS President
  
  

This is the momentum...

• european union
• COVID19
• recovery plan

EU and Russia at crossroads: EU-Russia relations in...

This is a closed meeting.

This online meeting aims at bringing together government officials, policymakers, and academic experts from a broad circle of European progressives. Their joint task will be to reflect on the current state of relations between the EU and Russia and the implications from the Covid-19 crisis.

• european union
• Russia
• COVID19

Expert webinar: Towards a child union

This experts seminar (12th May 2020) is part of a research, project that FEPS carries out with Reggio Children (IT), Pablo Iglesias Foundation (ES), Institute for Social Democracy (HU) and Progresiva (SL), to analyse how Europe could better organise early childhood education for it to be a real tool addressing children’s inequality.

Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology...

• children
• child union
• child guarantee

European Green Deal: From ambitions to the reality

Monday 11^th May 2020

14:00 – 15:30

Meeting climate targets was set to be the main challenge facing our generation, that now sits alongside defending itself from covid-19. The path out of the pandemic will define this European legislature and the Progressive movement. Both have an important role to play. The European Green Deal (EGD)will be one of the initiatives that is...