FEPS at PES Congress 2025

🇳🇱 🌹Within PES Congress, there were full rooms on insightful discussion on a range of topics – from social democracy, to peace and security and

On Friday, 17 October, in the afternoon, FEPS hosted a series of fringe events at PES Congress on:

🌹 the renewal of social democracy with Karl-Renner-Institut

Presenting the newest findings from the Next Left research programme, including the new pamphlet “Facing the future“, this fringe event allowed the audience members to directly interact with social democratic leaders to help shape the debate on how to make social democracy a powerhouse again.

🌎 Zeitenwende and the new global reality with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Warsaw

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine marked a true Zeitenwende – a historic turning point that challenged peace and security in Europe. Europe must respond with unwavering support to Ukraine, building a more united and stronger Europe rooted in solidarity and shared solutions, while strengthening and forging partnerships worldwide and defending a rules-based global order.

With:

🤖✊ Tech and Labour: Rebalancing Power with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Future of Work

Algorithmic management is deepening precarity, weakening labour, and stagnating wages – fueling far-right shifts. Recent AI advances facilitate the speeding up of work and increased exploitation, with negative effects on workers’ physical and mental health. How can progressives turn this around?

With:

• Estelle Ceulemans, MEP (S&D) and EMPL Coordinator
• Justin Nogarede, Senior Policy Officer, FES Future of Work
• Eric Mwezi Manzi, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation – ITUC
• Rein de Sauvage Nolting, Researcher, De Burcht
• László Andor, Secretary General, FEPS
• Monty Aal, Policy Analyst on Digital, FEPS