FEPS granted UN ECOSOC special consultative status

Recognising the important work that the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) has been carrying […]

27/06/2019

Recognising the important work that the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) has been carrying out both within but also beyond European borders, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has granted special consultative status to our Foundation. This enables FEPS to actively engage with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, as well as with the United Nations Secretariat, programmes, funds and agencies in a number of ways.

This recognition comes after a thorough consideration process that has lasted almost two years. As the only progressive political foundation at EU level, FEPS is now even better equipped to deepen and widen its important international work, not only in promoting collective action for a sustainable world, but also in enhancing global solidarities.

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Europe’s defence strategy must be peace-oriented

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by Euronews 16/09/2025
After a harsh summer, Von der Leyen calls on Europe to ‘fight’” Episode of Euronews’ Brussels, my Love? featuring Beatriz Abellán, FEPS Policy Analyst on International Relations, discussing Von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech, the EU’s trade deal with the United States, and the future of multilateralism. She also stresses that the EU’s credibility is at stake due to its delayed response to the genocide in Palestine.

Tévedés azt hinni, hogy Trump után visszatérhetünk a régi kerékvágásba

by telex 24/04/2025
“It’s a mistake to think we can go back to the old normal after Trump”. Interview with FEPS Secretary General László Andor in Telex (HU), where he discusses the global trade tensions triggered by Trump-era tariffs, the shifting US-China dynamic, and the need for the EU to develop a new strategic approach in a permanently changed world order.

СТРАТЕГИЯТА ЗА ОТБРАНА НА ЕВРОПА ТРЯБВА ДА БЪДЕ ОРИЕНТИРАНА КЪМ МИРА

by Novi Vremena 27/03/2025
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