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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.

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16/06/2026

Policy Study

Political parties in the EU and the challenges of enlargement

Country analysis

16/06/2026

Policy Brief

Positions on enlargement of the 27

What do EU political parties think?

11/05/2026

Policy Study

Place-based industrial policy

Places, people and power in European industrial policy

17/04/2026

Book

The open future and its enemies

How we can protect free society from AI dictatorship

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12/06/2026

Online (Expert meeting)

A new EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective (FFPPVC)

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03/06/2026

Enlargement is Europe’s peace project: it is time to revive it

Kathleen VAN BREMPT

03/06/2026

The 2026 general election in Malta: Labour’s fourth consecutive victory

Carmen SAMMUT

28/05/2026

A pact in times of war(s)

Rim FILALI MEKNASSI

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05/06/2026

Call for a progressive EU enlargement

Friends of the Western Balkans' Joint Statement

04/06/2026

Call for tender – Researcher(s) to author a policy study

Call for Applications – June 4, 2026 to July 1, 2026

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16 Jun 2066927675894005868

🌍♀️ Members of the Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective #FFPPVC met online to build on the outcomes of the 5th FFP Ministerial Conference held in Madrid and prepare inputs for the next EU Action Plan on WPS. Find out more!
➡️ https://bit.ly/FFPPVC_260612

👉 FEPS

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This event was part of the Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective (#FFPPVC). This collective, led by FEPS in cooperation with @FES_Europa, questions traditional approaches to foreign policy to enable an alternative account of foreign relations from the standpoint

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🇪🇺 🇺🇸 In the European Parliament, hosted by Katarina Barley MEP, FEPS held a discussion on the implications of the upcoming US 2026 #Midterm elections and how the EU can learn from those working to defend US democracy. Find out more 👇
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What remains of our humanity if helping becomes a crime? Join us on 24 June for the screening of “From compassion to crime”, a powerful documentary by Dutch director Stanzen Jelsma, exploring the stories of individuals who have faced, and are still facing, legal action for

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🗞️FEPS President @NicolasSchmitEU talks to @EviKiorri of @euronews on the tension between #Migration policy and Europe's labour shortages ahead of the EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum Pact, which takes effect on 12 June.

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"For Europe, immigration is just a necessity. And those who tell you the contrary don't tell you the truth."

Nicolas Schmit, Former European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, says that without labour migration, Europe's care sector will collapse.

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Call for a progressive EU enlargement

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