Social Democracy

This theme evaluates the positioning of progressive forces across various levels of governance. It focuses on their programmatic and strategic dilemmas, organisational challenges, electoral appeal, governing capacities, and their ability to remain a constructive opposition and recover from crises.

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29/01/2026

László ANDOR Balázs BÖCSKEI

Progressive Yearbook 2026

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

25/08/2025

Armin PULLER Philippe MARLIÈRE

Next Left country case studies

Exploring the state of Social Democracy in France, Austria, Romania, the Netherlands, Italy and Australia

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12/11/2025

How Progressives win when democracy is on the line

Robert BENSON

06/11/2025

Never stop building a movement

Marit MAIJ

06/11/2025

We need to stop apologising for who we are

Ties HUIS IN ‘T VELD

15/10/2025

The quest for progress in Europe

Ania SKRZYPEK

09/10/2025

Czechia lacks offers and space for left-wing politics

Patrik EICHLER

09/10/2025

A vacant space on the left: the Czech elections and the deepening sovereigntist turn in central Europe

Tomáš PETŘÍČEK

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21/10/2025

Maria João Rodrigues at PES Congress 2025

🇳🇱 🌹 FEPS attended the Party of European Socialists (PES) Congress in Amsterdam, which included […]

18/10/2025

FEPS at PES Congress 2025

🇳🇱 🌹Within PES Congress, there were full rooms on insightful discussion on a range of […]

10/09/2025

Von der Leyen – walking the walk at last?

FEPS reaction to The State of the European Union 2025

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‘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.

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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 […]

Network and Team

Iris VIJVERBERG

Project Officer

Iris has been working as a Project Officer at FEPS since December 2025. She previously […]

Ania SKRZYPEK

Director for Research and Training

Ania SKRZYPEK, (Skrzypek-Claassens), PhD, is Director for Research and Training at FEPS. She obtained her […]

Céline GUEDES

Project and Partnership Coordinator

Graduated in Political Sciences at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Céline also holds a Master […]

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Maria João Rodrigues at PES Congress 2025

FEPS at PES Congress 2025

Von der Leyen – walking the walk at last?

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

László Andor: «En Hongrie, malgré l’érosion de la popularité d’Orbán, la gauche peine à regagner en crédibilité»

En Europe, les partis sociaux-démocrates se sont contentés d’une approche technocratique

“Nem Brüsszel akar diktálni Magyarországnak, hanem Orbán Európának”

Hogyan értékelte az ország uniós helyzetét a Call to Europe konferencia?

Iris VIJVERBERG

Ania SKRZYPEK

Céline GUEDES