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Our flagship Policy Conference wraps up after two days of insightful debates and we’re already looking ahead to our next event: Call to Europe, our bi-annual conference, which this time takes place in Ireland, following the Presidency of the Council of the EU.

We will move from sustainable EU sovereignty to the question of how to build a digital Europe that doesn’t sacrifice gender equality. We will also tackle housing, the values of democracy, young people in far-right movements and employee ownership. A busy month ahead, check it out! 

A sustainable European sovereignty means lower energy bills, no one having to choose between food and heating, no child sitting in a classroom in 40-degree heat, affordable housing, better mobility and the freedom to stay, among other social rights.

🔗 Upcoming events

📅  17 OCTOBER

📍 DUBLIN, IRELAND

Building a digital Europe of equal opportunities

🇮🇪 Call to Europe Ireland 

We need a digital Europe, but not at the expense of equality. Join FEPS in Dublin for the latest edition of Call to Europe, which takes place in the context of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU!

This edition will look at the three key priorities of the Irish Presidency through a progressive and gender-equality lens. 

❌ Competitiveness without a free pass for Big Tech 

🏚️ Security focusing on housing as a fundamental right 

🗳️ Values defending democracy across Europe

A digital Europe must be a humane project built to advance Social Europe. Register now!

📅  12 OCTOBER

📍 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Whose youth? Far right youth wings and the progressive challenge
A lecture by Cas Mudde 

What will the future of the far right look like? In this public event, Cas Mudde, one of the leading scholars on the far right, presents insights from his new book on the youth wings of ten populist radical right parties across Europe. More info.

📅  3 NOVEMBER

📍 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Bridging competitiveness and shared prosperity through employee ownership 

Fringe event at the European EO Days

Employee ownership is gaining momentum across Europe, but it remains fragmented, advancing country by country with little cross-border exchange of knowledge, models and policy tools. As a wave of business owners approach retirement and legislative frameworks for employee and steward ownership move up the EU agenda, this fringe event will look at where employee ownership stands today and what stands in its way. Find out more. 

🔗 Past events

On the International Day of Peace, the latest collective meeting of the Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective (FFPPVC) met to discuss the state of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in the upcoming EU WPS Action Plan 2028-2034.

The Collective heard from WPS academics and practitioners from around the world, who assessed the current state of WPS and shared good practices.

An event in the framework of the FFPPV Collective, led by FEPS, in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

3. define effective human oversight

4. ensure that the productivity gains generated by technology benefit not only companies but also employees

Policy brief produced in the framework of the FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme, a collaborative research and policy initiative led by FEPS in cooperation with Nordic think tanks and trade unions.

• Equal rights, unequal choices: making gender equality real for Gen Z by Alicia Homs Ginel
• Gen Z’s political divide isn’t really about gender by Javier Carbonell

📚 Read more.

Photo credit: Shutterstock / Carlo Prearo

Europeans are living longer. This is one of the achievements of our social model. The question is whether we are living those additional years in good physical and mental health and whether this progress is shared equally across society. Read more.

Photo credit: Shutterstock / Tony Dunn

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