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26/02/2026

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of FEPS Talks with FEPS President Nicolas Schmit!

🇪🇺 🇱🇺 Nicolas Schmit was the lead candidate of the European socialists at the 2024 elections for the European Parliament. As a former Minister in Luxembourg and EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, he has now returned as FEPS president to lead the progressive think tank and contribute to a social democratic reconstruction.

❗In this conversation with FEPS Secretary-General László Andor, he points to the rise of the far-right which, aggravated by the transatlantic rupture, represents a great danger to Europe’s social models and democratic standards.

For inspiration, he looks at the recent interventions of Canadian PM Mark Carney (on international order) and the election of Zohran Mamdani (regarding the importance of affordability and working conditions), and highlights the example of Spain under Pedro Sánchez, whose policies and political strategy offer good lessons and a timely orientation for our movement in Europe and globally.

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