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Progressive Yearbook 2022
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26/01/2022
FEPS’ Progressive Yearbook has become a tradition and is now close to the heart of the progressive political family in Brussels and beyond.
This yearly edition counts on renowned authors’ contributions, including academics, politicians, and civil society representatives.
The third edition of this publication focuses on transversal European issues that have left a mark on 2021 and insightful future-looking analyses for the new year.
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> Foreword. Left turn of the tide?
LOOKING BACK
> European Chronology 2021
> Commission at half-time – by László ANDOR
PROGRESS IN EUROPE
> ‘Impossible’ is a matter of opinion – by Ania SKRZYPEK
> Poverty in the EU: the Pillar of Social Rights as change- maker? – by Bea CANTILLON
> Progressive Person of the Year – László ANDOR interviews Roberto GUALTIERI
IN MEMORIAM
> One of our finest. In memory of Michael Hoppe – by Udo BULLMANN
BIG ISSUES
> Is Europe shaping the digital transformation? A new programmatic and political challenge for Progressives – by Maria João RODRIGUES
> Europe’s authoritarian cancer: diagnoses, prognosis, and treatment – by R. Daniel KELEMEN
> Ten years on: a new roadmap for reforming the European economic governance framework – by Shahin VALLÉE
> EU vaccines – a success story on the way to forging a real Health Union – by Sara CERDAS
> Young people already know how a post-Covid world should look like – by François BALATE
> Why saving enlargement to the Western Balkans could help overcome the EU crisis – by Luisa CHIODI, Francesco MARTINO and Serena EPIS
> European strategic autonomy between ambitions and pragmatism – by Alessandro MARRONE
NATIONAL FOCUS
> Bulgaria 2022 – a new beginning? – by Georgi PIRINSKI
> Does it take a moderate right-winger to defeat Orbán? Hungary’s political year in the light of the upcoming elections – by Anikó GREGOR
GLOBAL FOCUS
> In the shadow of the Kremlin. Russia-generated political threats to eastern and central European states, and to the interests of the West in Europe – by Maciej RAŚ
> Afghan fallout – by Tomáš PETŘÍČEK
PREDICTIONS 2022
> Let’s design a European state – by Ulrike GUÉROT
> A green “whatever it takes” moment – by Mathieu BLONDEEL
> Cautious optimism for EU economic governance and democracy in 2022 – by Vivien A. SCHMIDT
> Technological strategic sovereignty living alongside science diplomacy – by Teresa RIERA MADURELL
> The next chapter of EU-UK relations – by Tom KIBASI
> The Western Balkans in 2022 – by Daša ŠAŠIĆ ŠILOVIĆ
> Dynamics of progressive policies – by Conny REUTER
> Contradictory developments in the 2020s. Progressive learning vs the increasingly likely possibility of a global military catastrophe – by Heikki PATOMÄKI
> Youth and Covidkratia – by Bruno GONÇALVES
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“A civic revolution, not yet a social revolution”
Interview with László Andor, FEPS Secretary General, published by Fondation Jean-Jaurès (FR), analysing the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, the emergence of a broad opposition movement in Hungary, and the prospects for democratic renewal, EU relations and social change following what he describes as a “civic revolution” that has yet to deliver a social transformation.
“Money is coming! Will Péter Magyar deliver on his promise?”
Video Interview published on KlikkTV (HU), featuring László Andor, FEPS Secretary General, discussing EU funds to Hungary, their political conditionality, and the importance of fair distribution, rule of law and social investment within the European Union.
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by El Confidencial 10/02/2026
“Back to the Future: The Great Reset”
Opinion article by FEPS Vice-President, Lina Gálvez reflecting on the current global crisis marked by rising authoritarianism, digital power and extreme inequality, and tracing its roots through a historical analysis of capitalism — from the post-1945 social and geopolitical settlement led by social democratic forces, through neoliberal financialisation, to what she describes as a new phase of fascist capitalism.