12 - 13/05/2023
09:30 - 16:30
Warsaw, Poland
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Between the 11 and 13 of May, FEPS, together with Karl-Renner-Institut, hosted the first meetings of the new cycle of the Next Left Research Programme in Warsaw.

On Saturday 13 May, the Next Left Focus Group, in collaboration with progressive actors in Poland, including Amicus Europae, Centrum Ignacego Daszynskiego and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – Warsaw office, participated in the IV Congress Forum Postępu.

Among the participants:

  • Maria João Rodrigues, FEPS President
  • Andreas Schieder, MEP, S&D Group and head of the “Next Left” research programme
  • Maria Maltschnig, Director of Karl-Renner-Institut
  • Eunice Goes, Professor of Politics at Richmond University, The American International University in London
  • Patrick Diamond, Senior Lecturer, Professor of Public Policy at Queen Mary University
  • Anna Pacześniak, Professor of Political Science at University of Wrocław
  • Felix Butzlaff, Political scientist and post-doc researcher at the Institute for Social Change and Sustainability (IGN) at Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Director for Research and Training

On the occasion of the Next Left Focus Group participation in the IV Congress Forum Postępu, FEPS and Karl-Renner-Institut launched the new volume 14 of the Next Left series: ‘Crisis and Progressive Politics: How to make hard choices and succeed?

For more information, please contact directly Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Director for Research and Training (ania.skrzypek@feps-europe.eu) or Céline Guedes, FEPS Project Officer (celine.guedes@feps-europe.eu).

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