"Something is radically wrong with the way we measure wealth and prosperity" Maria João Rodrigues - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

Covid-19 Recovery Democracy Democratic Resilience Economy Energy Environment Future of Europe Ideological debate Just Transition Political Europe Social Social Democracy UNited for World

Speakers

Network

Maria João RODRIGUES

Search Speakers

24/05/2023

FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues gave this powerful speech at the #BeyondGrowth event in the European Parliament.

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/BeyondGrowth23

Find all related publications

Publications

See all

25/03/2026

Policy Study

The European Green Deal tracker

Assessing the implementation of the Green Deal in member states

19/03/2026

Policy Study

There must be an alternative

Against mainstream defeatism and towards the rejuvenation of the democratic public space

19/03/2026

Policy Brief

Countering the far right in the European Parliament

Exploring progressive strategies in the age of far-right normalisation

05/03/2026

Policy Brief

Digital sovereignty and a new multilateralism for the AI era

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming not only economies but the very nature of global power, […]

Find all related Audiovisual

Audiovisual

See all

25/03/2026

‘The European Green Deal tracker’ Flickr album

Photo album of ‘The European Green Deal Tracker” event at FEPS HQ. In this event, […]

26/02/2026

“Those who have A LOT, must PAY MORE” Nicolas Schmit | FEPS Talks Podcast

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of FEPS Talks with FEPS President Nicolas Schmit! 🇪🇺 […]

04/02/2026

‘Developing a clean industry gender agenda in times of deregulation and policy backlash’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Developing a clean industry gender agenda in times of deregulation and […]

Find all related events

Events

See all

Upcoming

See all

Past

See all

20/03/2026

Athens, Greece

Shaping the political future

Progressive strategies in an age of far-right normalisation

25/03/2026

FEPS HQ

The European Green Deal tracker

Assessing the implementation of the Green Deal in member states

Find all related news

News

See all

16/12/2025

FEPS commentary on the EU Affordable Housing Plan

The announcement of the EU Affordable Housing Plan by Commissioner Dan Jørgensen is a historic milestone […]

15/12/2025

FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues at Digital UNGA in New York

From 15 to 17 December, the Digital UNGA took place in New York, bringing together […]

04/12/2025

It is high time that the goal is set on “Quality”

FEPS commentary on the Quality Jobs Roadmap

Find all related in the media

In the media

See all

Une révolution civique, pas encore une révolution sociale

by Fondation Jean-Jaurès 06/05/2026

“A civic revolution, not yet a social revolution” Interview with László Andor, FEPS Secretary General, published by Fondation Jean-Jaurès (FR), analysing the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, the emergence of a broad opposition movement in Hungary, and the prospects for democratic renewal, EU relations and social change following what he describes as a “civic revolution” that has yet to deliver a social transformation.

Jön a pénz! Magyar Péter beváltja az ígéretét?

by KlikkTV 04/05/2026

“Money is coming! Will Péter Magyar deliver on his promise?” Video Interview published on KlikkTV (HU), featuring László Andor, FEPS Secretary General, discussing EU funds to Hungary, their political conditionality, and the importance of fair distribution, rule of law and social investment within the European Union.

‘Regreso al futuro. El gran reseteo’ by Lina Gálvez

by Tinta Libre 02/02/2026

“Back to the Future: The Great Reset” Opinion article by FEPS Vice-President, Lina Gálvez reflecting on the current global crisis marked by rising authoritarianism, digital power and extreme inequality, and tracing its roots through a historical analysis of capitalism — from the post-1945 social and geopolitical settlement led by social democratic forces, through neoliberal financialisation, to what she describes as a new phase of fascist capitalism.

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
csrftoken	past	This cookie is associated with Django web development platform for python. Used to help protect the website against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks
JSESSIONID	session	The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__cf_bm	30 minutes	This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
S	1 hour	Used by Yahoo to provide ads, content or analytics.
sp_landing	1 day	The sp_landing is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content.
sp_t	1 year	The sp_t cookie is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content.

Cookie	Duration	Description
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
iutk	session	This cookie is used by Issuu analytic system to gather information regarding visitor activity on Issuu products.
s_vi	2 years	An Adobe Analytics cookie that uses a unique visitor ID time/date stamp to identify a unique vistor to the website.

Cookie	Duration	Description
NID	6 months	NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
yt-remote-connected-devices	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-device-id	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt.innertube::nextId	never	This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
yt.innertube::requests	never	This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Cookie	Duration	Description
COMPASS	1 hour	No description
ed3e2e5e5460c5b72cba896c22a5ff98	session	No description available.
loglevel	never	No description available.

“Something is radically wrong with the way we measure wealth and prosperity” Maria João Rodrigues

Marianna Mazzucato awarded FEPS ‘Progressive Person of the Year’

FEPS commentary on the EU Affordable Housing Plan

FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues at Digital UNGA in New York

It is high time that the goal is set on “Quality”

Une révolution civique, pas encore une révolution sociale

Jön a pénz! Magyar Péter beváltja az ígéretét?

‘Regreso al futuro. El gran reseteo’ by Lina Gálvez

Liberal democracy’s social, societal fabric under threat – Live from the EPC Annual Conference 2025