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From industrial policy to migration governance, our objective has always been to refocus on what truly matters: people. While competitiveness is important, it cannot come at the expense of workers’ rights or a clean and healthy environment. Likewise, migration policy must move beyond an obsession with irregularity and control, and return to cooperation and legal pathways that protect migrants’ security, dignity, and human rights.

There is a better way forward – one that upholds the EU’s founding principles of equality, solidarity and respect of human rights.

We will continue to put people at the centre in our upcoming events, exploring mental health and the impact of AI on workers.

Speakers discussed:

• Energy-Intensive Industries: asking the tricky questions
• Organising a Just Transition at a company level
• How can we move towards a Circular Economy Act?

Upcoming events

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📅  10 OCT

📍  FEPS HQ

Healthy minds, stronger Europe

Progressive solutions for Europe’s mental health 

Join us on World Mental Health Day, 10 October, for the conference “Healthy mind, stronger Europe.” We will launch a new policy brief and recommendations by expert groups that have been working on mental health in the workplace, the risks linked with digital technologies and their intersection with addictive behaviours. Register.

📅  5 NOV

📍 EESC HQ

Understanding the power of AI over decisions
Fostering a better understanding of AI’s implications for employment 

Join us as we explore the development of best practices in response to the ever-evolving algorithmic management and engage with MEPs on the upcoming legislative proposal on AI in the workplace. 

📕 We will also launch the book “Algorithmic rule“, which presents an overview of how AI systems already influence public and workplace decisions and the social and political dilemmas this raises.

🎨 And we will inaugurate the exhibition ‘My boss, the algorithm’. Register to join this exciting journey!

Past events

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📚 On this occasion, we launched our new policy briefs on EU-African migration governance, joined by one of the authors, Lukmon Akintola.

📚 The conference was featured in the newspaper “Avanti!”, which dedicated a full article to it. 

In Westminster, FEPS continues the expert meetings from the project “Place-based industrial strategy for economic, environmental, and societal security”, this time hosted by Perran Moon, Member of the UK Parliament for Camborne and Redruth. 

Through this project, we survey the potential of industrial policy to redress past economic inequalities and build a fairer future for regions and communities across the EU and UK.

Photo credits: Shutterstock.com/3rdtimeluckystudio

Algorithms are playing a key role in even the smallest decisions – but this brings new risks, particularly when legal frameworks haven’t kept pace with AI and such systems at work are badly understood. In this Progressive Page, Charlotta Kronblad highlights these risks through the example of Sweden’s school allocation case. Read more.

Photo credits: European Union, 2025

Europe must contribute to shaping the new global order, not just submit to it! René Repsai reacts to the State of the European Union address, arguing that the European Commission President is misrepresenting weakness as victory and undermining democratic accountability by sidelining the European Parliament. Read more.

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