Anna DIAMANTOPOULOU

President of DIKTIO, former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and member of the FEPS Bureau

Anna Diamantopoulou is President of DIKTIO, Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, a leading nonpartisan, Athens-based think tank, and Chair of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on the future of social protection and the welfare state in the EU.

Formerly Greece’s candidate for the post of OECD’s Secretary General, Ms. Diamantopoulou served as the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, and has held several significant portfolios as a Minister in the Greek government as well. She was Minister of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, and, prior to that, Minister of Education, Research and Technology, and Lifelong learning.

Ms. Diamantopoulou is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe, a Council Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a member of the Bureau of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Delphi Economic Forum.

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Publications
13/10/2017

Is there a progressive framework for crafting urban development policies?

Βy 2050, nearly 65% of world’s population will be living in cities. Indeed, this is […]
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Progressive Post
07/05/2026

Competitiveness is nothing without social rights

Five years after the Porto Social Summit, European leaders must remember that deregulation will only […]
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Events
31/05/2023
Online (Expert meeting)

Social measures in the NRRPs

Recovery Watch series
25 - 27/05/2021

Call to Europe 10

Mind the social gap
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News
27/02/2025

European roundtable of Progressive think tanks

The European progressive way in the face of Trump's and the far-right agenda
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In the media

Ue, la competitività non è nulla senza i diritti sociali

by La Repubblica 06/05/2026
"In the EU, competitiveness is nothing without social rights" In this article published in La Repubblica, former European Commissioners Nicolas Schmit (FEPS President), László Andor (FEPS SecGen) and Anna Diamantopoúlou (part of FEPS' Bureau) remind European leaders that deregulation will only make Europe poorer and that only social sovereignty will make it stronger

Anna Diamantopoúlou, Nicolas Schmit und László Andor über eine Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, die ohne soziale Rechte wertlos ist

by Tageblatt 06/05/2026
"Competitiveness is nothing without social rights" In this article published in Tageblatt, Former European Commissioners Nicolas Schmit (FEPS President), László Andor (FEPS SecGen), and Anna Diamantopoulou (FEPS Bureau member) warn EU leaders that deregulation is a path to economic decline. They argue that Europe’s true strength lies not in cutting rules, but in achieving social sovereignty
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Audiovisual

FEPS Extraordinary General Assembly 2025

The European progressive way in the face of Trump’s and the far-right agenda

FEPS organised a roundtable Presidents and representatives from FEPS’ Member Foundations to address global challenges […]

#136 FEPS Talks ‘Protecting and enhancing welfare in Europe’

🎙️ What are the implications of moving towards a life-course perspective? What are the political lines […]