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What can the EU do to build a new multilateral system ๐ช๐บ ๐? This Friday, we will discuss w/ some of the most brilliant minds in the field how we can build a better global governance. Register now ๐
#UNItedFor
#NextGenerationEU
#BuildBackBetter
Congratulations to Spanish VP
@Teresaribera
, awarded FEPS Progressive Person of the Year!
An outstanding leader and international policymaker in the fight against climate change who has helped to develop a robust climate agenda during the past decade!
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Without a drastic & urgent policy change, the
#climatecrisis
will result in more injustice increasing inequalities worldwide.
Join our call to a
#JustAmbition
๐ฟ for people and the planet!
๐ 19th-21st September
๐The Maxwell Hotel,
#NewYork
๐
Congratulations
@sanchezcastejon
@PSOE
, new Prime Minister of Spain. We are excited about your commitment to the European and progressive values and we are sure that you will work hard to achieve the political accountability that you have always defended.
It's a very sad day for progressives in Europe. We lost a great man, a person with kindness and vision.
After a professional career in journalism
#DavidSassoli
decided to devote his life to European integration and democracy.
Ciao David, ci mancherai
We are No.1! According to The Think Tank and Civil Societies Program - University of Pennnsylvania
@TTCSP
, FEPS is the 6th best think tank with political affiliation in the world and 1st at EU level. Let's keep working together for a truly Progressive EU!
We are honoured with the appointment of Josep
#Borrell
, as minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain: Vice President of FEPS, Chair of our Scientific Council & remarkable pro European. This is a clear sign of the commitment of the new ES Government with a strong Progressive Europe
#StiglitzAtFEPS
#RewriteTheRules
๐ช๐บ
Some ideas for progressive
#taxation
:
๐ a minimum income tax
๐ a wealth tax (1% on net wealth above โฌ1 million; 1.5% above โฌ5 million)
๐ a financial transactions tax, a carbon tax. 1/2
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In two days we are launching the study on the financial position and attitudes towards
#inequality
amongst the top 10% of income earners in four European countries: ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐ช & ๐ช๐ธ.
Join the online presentation:
๐จ Keynote speech by Prof.
@dannydorling
#ClimateJustice
@Teresaribera
: What does
#ParisAgreement
mean?
โถ๏ธ A change in the investment flows decisions
โถ๏ธ Paying attention to people
โถ๏ธ Taking into consideration a
#JustTransition
in decisions to ensure the distributional aspect of wealth & cost
The EU faces the twin crises of
#ClimateChange
& potentially the deepest recession in a century due to
#Covid19
. Tackling them both will require an unprecedented mobilisation of (public) resources. Read our study on the potential of a ๐ช๐บ net wealth
#tax
๐จ 6 out of 10 women in Europe suffered sexist or sexual violence at work during the careers.
This is the result of a major survey launched by
@FEPS_Europe
&
@j_jaures
and conducted by
@IfopOpinion
.
Find out all the data related and the analysis:
"Solidarity among EU Member States will be crucial in making the Commissionโs forthcoming recovery plan a reality", says Commissioner
@NicolasSchmitEU
. Do not miss his keynote speech during FEPS 2nd
#COVID
Response webinar.
๐ 30 April
โฐ 10.00
More info:
FEPS Annual Autumn Academy kicks off!
Our flagship event of the FEPS Training Strategy, since 2019 welcomes some of the most promising, talented young politicians from across the EU๐ช๐บ
A warm welcome to the 42 nominees participating in this year's edition!
#FEPSAAA
stay tuned!๐งต
On the 23rd Sept we will present our study on the financial position and attitudes towards inequality amongst the top 10% of income earners in four European countries: ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช & ๐ฎ๐ช with
@TASCblog
@funalternativas
@CompassOffice
@arenaide
More info:
#ChildGuarantee
@ProfKEPickett
will participate in tomorrow's FEPS
#ChildUnion
seminar. This second webinar will result in a publication on how to intend an EU programme to fight children's inequalities through access to quality services and opportunities
โก๏ธโ๏ธOn this International
#SafeAbortionDay
, we stand together to reaffirm the fundamental human right of all individuals to make autonomous choices about their reproductive health, body & future without compromise or danger.
Find out more ๐
๐งตโฌ๏ธ
#CatalanElections
"The Socialist victory and the victory of those who push for dialogue and cooperation instead of polarisation and confrontation prove that the opportunity for
#Catalonia
is real".
Read the article by MEP
@javilopezEU
in
@ProgPost_FEPS
The strategy of the right and far right is to dehumanize their opponents at any cost. The harassment, both personal and political, of the Prime Minister of Spain and his family is intolerable. Lies, slander and hate speech have no place in the democratic debate. They will not win
The Visegrad Group (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) has lately been in the spotlight.
How sustainable is this alliance and how can it affect the European Union? Read our study:
#V4Future
#V4
#FutureOfEurope
#ForMigration
: How to minimise the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin? Share your view in our conference
#UNited4migration
: ๐ย 21st September
#NewYork
A coalition of progressive think tanks led by FEPS with top level experts from around the world has developed a blueprint for a new, fair, inclusive multilateralism๐ We will present it at
#UNitedfor
a
#NewMultilateralism
on the eve of the
#UNGA75
Join us
#ChildGuarantee
@LaszloAndorEU
opened our
#ChildUnion
expert seminar: "Providing strong safety nets for services helping children and income security for families is particularly important at the time of the
#COVID19
crisis which is likely to deepen social inequalities."
Un honor estar hoy en la sede del
@PSOE
๐นen Madrid con motivo del evento sobre IA y la triple transiciรณn, el nuevo ciclo
#NextLeft
con participantes como
@joseluisescriva
y celebrando los 145 aรฑos del PSOE trabajando por la democracia y los derechos sociales. Felicidades!
We are in the 4th position in the 2019
@TTCSP
index amongst the best Think Tanks with a Political Party Affiliation!
@FEPS_Europe
made an improvement of one position from last year!
Thanks to our team, partners, member foundations, experts & followers!
Thanks to all those who took part in the latest Young Academic Network Seminar! The working groups discussed the follow-up of their research and received feedback from policy-makers & civil society representatives. Looking forward to the next one!
#FEPSYAN
๐
#ProgressiveECON
On the 27th May we will discuss the agenda for the incoming ๐ฉ๐ช Presidency and the adaptation of the EU financial & investment strategy in the aftermath of the pandemic. With
@ElisaFerreiraEC
@AlesChmelar
&
@jakob_eu
Join the debate:
๐ขFEPS Annual Autumn Academy 2023 just kicked off!
We are ๐คฉ excited to welcome the most promising newly elected young politicians from across the ๐ช๐บ EU. ๐ด The focus of this year is 'BEYOND 2024: Inclusive Recovery & Social Progress'
Follow๐
#FEPSAAA
โน๏ธ
First meeting of the project: "Towards a
#ChildUnion
๐จโ๐งโ๐ง๐ช๐บ". Our aim is to explore how to reduce children's inequalities in the EU through quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) and its interactions with social welfare policies.
#ChildGuarantee
#InvestinginChildren
Social investment will play an important role in the recovery strategy from the
#COVID19
pandemic.
Join our next FEPS COVID Response webinar with Commissioner
@NicolasSchmitEU
, Anton Hemerijck,
@LaszloAndorEU
and
@LieveFransen
Registration:
1st meeting of FEPS &
@IAIonline
#Multilateralism
Expert Group. We are preparing the contribution to the debate on the reform of the multilateral system to take place at the
@UN
GA. Proposals will be presented to world progressive leaders during the
@progressive_all
Board meeting
We are very proud to announce that our
@FEPSYAN
member Dr.
@JernejStromajer
has become a State Secretary for Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of
#Slovenia
. Congratulations!!! ๐
Today
#25N
is International Day for the Elimination of
#VaW
Gender-based violence is the cause & result of gender inequality. Itโs a serious human rights violation pervasive across EU member states.
Read our publication series on how to fight it
๐งต
#StopGBV
Finally! After the worst period of the pandemic,
@FEPS_Europe
goes hybrid for the first time!
Itโs great to see our new headquarters hosting the nominees of
#FEPSAAA
, our flagship initiative for training
Day 2โฃ of the AAA has just kicked off! Here some pics of the first day ๐
๐ขHappening now!
#CallToEurope
: The Future is Social โ
With speakers inc.
@NicolasSchmitEU
, we will discuss the power of social-democratic values in shaping a future which puts well-being & quality of life 1st๐ช๐บ
๐
Our new study sheds light on how the objective of โbringing the Pillar of Social Rights to lifeโ may be pursued through the adoption of an EU social investment strategy in the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
๐ง๐
#AutumnAcademy
@IratxeGarper
:
โFor
@TheProgressives
the Future of Europe means economic, social and ecological transformation without leaving anyone behindโ
โwe need to introduce the social dimension when facing the new challengesโ
#AutumnAcademy
๐ฉโ๐๐จโ๐3 days of:
๐ฉโ๐ฆฐNetworking
๐Workshops
๐ช๐บ EU Commissioners' Legacy Speeches
๐งPlenary sessions
๐๏ธVisit to the EU institutions
What did our nominees enjoy the most?
๐บ Watch our highlights:
๐ An indispensable source of analysis & information
๐ For students, researchers & policymakers
โ๏ธ Written by 23 expert authors
Our ambition with this book is to track the developments concerning the key aspects of this war from a European perspective.
๐
#FEPSTalks
In this new episode Professor
@AnkeHassel
speaks to
@LaszloAndorEU
about the new book she co-edited with
@BPalier
entitled "Growth and Welfare in Advanced Capitalist Economies. How Have Growth Regimes Evolved?"
๐ง๐
#FridayReads
๐ช๐บ๐ 1st EU Global Strategy Watch is out! A
@FEPS_Europe
-
@IAIonline
project that will provide expert focus on some of the most important topics related to the implementation of the five priorities identified in the
#EUGS
This week FEPS organised a timely expert meeting on the war & the reconstruction of Ukraine๐with the participation of HRVP
@JosepBorrellF
Top experts, policymakers & activists provided inputs to FEPS work & progressive policy-making in EU institutions๐ช๐บfor a new Eastern policy
The
#IstanbulConvention
is the most advanced legal instrument to protect women and girls, says
@rendiwagner
,
@SPOE_at
chairperson.
โViolence against women is not a private affair but a deeply-rooted social inequality issueโ
๐ด Join LIVE! ๐ฅ:
In the context of the
#EUCELAC
Summit, we hosted w/
@PlataformaCIPO
an event that brought together progressive๐ง๐ทBrazilian parliamentarians &๐ช๐บMEPs to debate & identify opportunities to advance cooperation based on mutual interests
Find out more
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๐งตโฌ๏ธ
We are presenting online the Policy Study โ
#Inequalities
in the EU Semesterโ.
@SocialLore
&
@f_corti1992
develop a set of 9 recommendations for a new Semester to deeply tackle inequalities
๐Keynote Commissioner
@NicolasSchmitEU
๐8 October
โฐ2PM (CEST)
๐
Nos acaba de dejar nuestro compaรฑero Alfredo Pรฉrez Rubalcaba. Estamos sin palabras y rotos de dolor.
Nos deja un hombre bueno y brillante en todos los sentidos. Nos deja un hombre de Estado que trabajรณ por la paz y el bienestar de todos y todas.
#GraciasAlfredo
y hasta siempre๐น
What kind of ๐ do you want to live in? One in which countries fiercely compete against each other? Or a ๐ where countries join forces to solve our shared urgent challenges?
#UNitedfor
for a new, fair and inclusive multilateralism
#UNGA75
#UNreform
๐บIt took a pandemic to realise that we depend on care. Despite the clapping, women -70% of the care workforce-, continue to work in precarious conditions, unpaid or not paid at all! It's time to
#Care4Care
!
#IWD2021
โ๏ธ
#CareRevolution
๐Info:
Nobel laureate
@JosephEStiglitz
: "Neoliberalism is dead but what will replace it is not so clear. This is why this conference discussing the future of multilateralism is so important.".
Follow live:
๐Excited to be part of
@TheProgressives
#MyChoiceMyVoice
youth event, bringing together hundreds of young Socialists & Social Democrats from across the EU to discuss their most pressing concerns!
FEPS hosts2โฃworkshops on:
#FarRight
populism
#TaxTheRich
! ๐ช๐บ
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+++ JOIN the
@FEPSYAN
+++
๐
๐ดFEPS & the
@RennerInstitut
have just launched a call for NEW MEMBERS for our Young Academics Network!
๐ฉโ๐Are you a
#PhD
candidate or a researcher? Apply & join the debate for a more progressive
#EU
!
#PhDlife
#AcademicTwitter
.
@PaulMagnette
"Dear friends prime ministers, we need you to freeze energy prices, and we need to do it now. People need our support for this winter!"
"We should have never left energy to the markets.
We need to take back control!โ
#PESCongress
.
@FEPS_Europe
Scientific Board visiting the very interesting and interactive exhibition
#140a
รฑosdeprogreso.
With Enrique Barรณn and
@BeatrizCorredor
guiding the group through the 140 years of
@PSOE
history!
FEPS President
@MJRodriguesEU
and Secretary General
@LaszloAndorEU
presenting
#ProgressiveBook
. Welcoming our network and friends at FEPS office, launching our new publications and explaining FEPS priorities for 2020
FEPS team cordially invites you to our New Yearโs reception and
#ProgressiveYearbook
2021 launch. We hope you can join us to our first virtual happy hour!
More info:
๐ดWe are hiring!๐ด
Do you wish to have an impact in shaping EU policy and make it more compatible with
#SocialJustice
objectivesโ
We are looking for
- ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYST
- DIGITAL POLICY ANALYST
- PROJECT OFFICER
to join our team
APPLY here
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