Progressive Person of the Year 2023

Grzegorz Pietruczuk, Mayor of Bielany in Poland

We have chosen Grzegorz Pietruczuk, Mayor of Bielany in Poland, as our FEPS Progressive Person of the Year 2023. He was awarded during the Progressive Yearbook 2023 launch event, one of our flagship yearly publications.

Grzegorz is a champion of local political leadership and humanitarian assistance. He has been at the forefront of supporting refugees (mainly women and children) from Ukraine, ensuring that those who arrive feel the solidarity of fellow Europeans and keep their faith in the possibility of a better life in the community of EU nations.

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Publications
22/02/2023

One year after the Russian invasion in Ukraine

Social democratic perspectives on war and reconstruction
14/02/2023

Terra incognita

Foresight series: The long-term implications of the war in Ukraine
25/01/2023

Progressive Yearbook 2023

Looking back to look ahead
14/12/2022

War in Ukraine, refugees, inclusion and human mobility

The challenges for a progressive EU policy
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Upcoming
25/04/2023
FEPS HQ (Expert meeting - Hybrid)

The future of armaments, disarmaments and human security

Foresight series: The long-term implications of the war in Ukraine
Past
23/02/2023
Online

One year after the Russian invasion in Ukraine

Social democratic perspectives on war and reconstruction
15/02/2023
FEPS HQ (Expert meeting - Hybrid)

Trade and global supply chains in 2030

Foresight series: The long-term implications of the war in Ukraine
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26/01/2023

Grzegorz Pietruczuk is FEPS Progressive Person of the Year

FEPS Progressive Person of the Year 2023
10/12/2022

Multiannual research project: Disinformation about migration in the EU

How to counteract disinformation effectively?
20/10/2022

Europe’s largest Gen Z-focused research ever conducted

The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and ThinkYoung have conducted, over 3 years, Europe’s […]
31/05/2022

HRVP Josep Borrell participates in FEPS expert meeting on the war and the reconstruction of Ukraine

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‘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.'

Wie der Ukraine-Krieg die europäische Politik verändert

by Vorwärts 24/02/2023
'How the war in Ukraine changed European politics' Vorwärts article written by László Andor, FEPS Secretary General and Uwe Optenhoegel, FEPS Vice-President

The EU’s magic solution

by Euractiv 29/09/2022
Interview with FEPS Secretary General László Andor on the conditionality mechanism to Hungary

Omnibus Dibattito

by La 7 19/05/2022