In June 2022, the network Friends of the Western Balkans, comprising members of European national parliaments and members of the European Parliament, was established with the support of FEPS, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Dialogue Southeast EuropeRenner InstitutMasarykova demokratická akademieKalevi Sorsa FoundationFondation Jean-JaurèsFoundation Max van der StoelDruštvo Progresiva and Olof Palme International Center.

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24/08/2023

Montenegro’s political transition. From Djukanović to where?

Balkan Focus policy brief series
24/08/2023

Embracing the Western Balkan countries’ EU accession process. A vital question mark of the EU

Balkan Focus policy brief series
25/01/2023

Progressive Yearbook 2023

Looking back to look ahead
23/10/2022

The progressive potential of the EU

FEPS Primers series - Richard Corbett
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26/10/2023
Brussels, Belgium (Hybrid)

The rise of political entrepreneurs in Europe

Next Left lecture IV
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22 - 24/06/2023
Thessaloniki, Greece (Expert meeting)

Friends of the Western Balkans Thessaloniki meeting

20 years anniversary of the Thessaloniki Declaration
09 - 11/11/2018

School for European Democracy 2018

Scuola di Democrazia Europea 2018
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29/06/2023

Friends of the Western Balkans’ statement

Thessaloniki, 24 June 2023 We, the network of the Friends of the Western Balkans, representatives […]
30/05/2023

FEPS renews its support to ULB students’ magazine Eyes on Europe

FEPS is proud to renew its collaboration with the ULB student non-profit association “Eyes on Europe“ at […]
01/12/2022

Progressive MPs and MEPs advocate for the fulfilment of the promise made in Thessaloniki to the Western Balkans

Open letter to the European leaders ahead of the EU - Western Balkans Summit
21/06/2022

Ahead of this week’s European Council, progressive MEPs and MPs urge EU leaders to take resolute actions toward the Western Balkans

On 17 and 18 June, the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’, the newly established network […]
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Borko Stefanović: Odmah usaglasiti spoljnu politiku sa EU i napraviti od Srbije dobro i sigurno mesto za život

by Danas 26/06/2023
Borko Stefanović, deputy president of the Freedom and Justice Party, participated in the international meeting in Thessaloniki organized by FEPS, the Friends of the Western Balkans and FES

Ocidente em minoria ou reforma da governação global?

by Público 08/06/2023
'West in minority or global governance reform?' In Público's article, FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues explains the importance of reforming the actual global governance system

‘No one is unemployable’: the French social experiment

by EUobserver 21/03/2023
EUobserver article on unemployment in the EU with a mention to FEPS' policy brief 'A Job Guarantee for Europe.'

Ania Skrzypek ‘Er waait een sociaaldemocratische wind door Europa’

by SAMPOL 09/12/2022
'A social democratic wind is blowing through Europe' Interview with Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Director for Research and Training
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Masarykova Demokraticka Akademie

The Masaryk Democratic Academy think-tank is a political institute of the Czech Social Democratic Party. […]

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