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29/01/2026

Progressive Yearbook 2026

In an eerie manner, 2025 resembled the ‘time of monsters’, which, according to the great […]
15/01/2026

Financing enlargement via the 2028-2034 MFF

This brief intends to explain how the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial […]
19/12/2025

Moving beyond neoliberalism in EU trade policy

European Union trade policy finds itself at a crossroads. After three decades of neoliberal dominance in the […]
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19/03/2026
FEPS HQ

Place-based industrial policy in Europe

Any serious discussion of industrial policy must begin with the recognition that economic activity is […]
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29/01/2026
FEPS HQ

FEPS’ New Year Reception & Progressive Yearbook launch

7th edition
17/11/2025
FEPS HQ, Brussels (Expert meeting)

New own resources in the MFF proposal

EU Investment Capacity Group 2025
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12/02/2026

Europe needs animal spirits again – and deregulation will not stimulate them

11/02/2026

Ensuring tax justice in a fragile and unequal world economy

30/01/2026

Fictional Davos: When 2+2 equals Trump

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29/01/2026

Marianna Mazzucato awarded FEPS ‘Progressive Person of the Year’

FEPS Progressive Person of the Year 2025-2026
10/09/2025

Von der Leyen – walking the walk at last?

FEPS reaction to The State of the European Union 2025
18/07/2025

A European Commission against the Social Contract

FEPS commentary on the MMF 2028-2034
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España los forma, Europa los contrata: así es el mapa de la nueva fuga de cerebros

by El Confidencial 10/02/2026
Spain trains them, Europe hires them: the map of the new brain drain: László Andor, FEPS Secretary-General, discusses the 'brain drain' as a result of the EU’s single market and highlights the need for a fairer mobility and retention strategy across the EU.

‘Regreso al futuro. El gran reseteo’ by Lina Gálvez

by Tinta Libre 02/02/2026
“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.

László Andor: Miből fejleszt az EU ezután?

by Portfolio 28/08/2025
“What will the EU develop from now on?” Analysis by FEPS Secretary General László Andor in Portfolio (HU), highlighting the new MFF’s shift toward increasing EU own-resources, boosting funding for strategic domains like defense, stabilisation and competitiveness, and calling for a flexible crisis-response mechanism such as the proposed Emergency Crisis Response Mechanism

Започва нов ЕС-бюджетен цикъл

by Novi Vremena 26/08/2025
“A new EU budget cycle begins” Article by FEPS Secretary General László Andor in Novi Vremena (BG), highlighting that while Europe must strengthen fiscal capacity to support balanced growth and strategic autonomy, priorities such as cohesion, defense, and social investment must be built into the next multiannual financial framework.

Ласло Андор: България не губи нищо от присъединяването си към еврозоната

by BNR 15/07/2025
"Bulgaria has nothing to lose by joining the eurozone” Interview with FEPS Secretary General László Andor on Bulgarian National Radio, where he explains that Bulgaria has already borne the costs of financial stability and will benefit from eurozone accession.
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29/01/2026

“SHAPING the market rather than FIXING its failures” M. Mazzucato | Progressive Person of the Year

In a year marked by political backsliding and a return to outdated economic thinking, FEPS […]
29/01/2026

“SHAPING the market rather than FIXING its failures” M. Mazzucato | Progressive Person of the Year

In a year marked by political backsliding and a return to outdated economic thinking, FEPS […]
29/01/2026

‘FEPS’ New Year Reception & Progressive Yearbook launch’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘FEPS’ New Year Reception & Progressive Yearbook launch‘ event in FEPS […]
17/11/2025

New own resources in the MFF proposal

Photo album of the ‘New own resources in the MFF proposal‘ event at FEPS HQ, […]
13/11/2025

‘Evolutionary leap of the European trade policy’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Evolutionary leap of the European trade policy‘ event at FEPS HQ, […]
06/10/2025

‘The profit-price spiral: How to prevent the cost of living crises’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘The profit-price spiral: How to prevent the cost of living crises‘ […]
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Policy Analyst on Economy
Anna Kolesnichenko is covering economic policy at FEPS. She focuses on European fiscal and monetary […]

Luis SÁEZ JIMÉNEZ

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Graduated in History at the University of Évora (Portugal), Luis also holds Master’s Degrees in […]