This theme centres on the EU’s role in striving for peace and development within a new multipolar global order, nurturing transatlantic relations but also strengthening ties with the Global south. It emphasises foresight capabilities, European Strategic Autonomy, and the EU’s commitment to the reconstruction and rebuilding of Ukraine

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22/04/2025

Trade, trust, and transition: Shaping the next transatlantic chapter

Essays series by FEPS and Center for American Progress (CAP)
06/03/2025

European defence for security and peace

Ensuring the security and well-being of its citizens is at the core of the European […]
13/02/2025

Transforming housing policy in war-affected Ukraine

Progressive Ukraine series
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30/06/2025
Sevilla, Spain

Financing our future: Crafting a progressive vision for the future of financing for development

(Text in Spanish below) FEPS, in collaboration with Socialist International, PSOE Andalucía (Spain), Fundación Avanza […]
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13/05/2025
Brussels, Belgium

Financing our future: Towards the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

While there has been progress on many aspects of the development agenda since the launch […]
23/04/2025
FEPS HQ, Brussels (Expert meeting)

Funding for conflict prevention

The EU’s role as a peace actor amid shifting priorities
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06/06/2025

Social democracy, a new take on internationalism and pragmatic pacifism

24/04/2025

The EU’s failing test in Bosnia and Herzegovina

27/03/2025

Serbia’s students roar, the EU still whispers: time to speak up

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13/03/2025

Europe’s defence strategy must be peace-oriented

FEPS Position Paper on European defence
15/01/2025

Launch of the new Open Progressive University’s Ukraine programme!

We have launched the new programme ‘Progressive Ukraine’ in collaboration with S&D Group as part […]
03/12/2024

FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues at the 2024 Understanding China Conference

FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues participated in the 2024 Understanding China Conference, “Carry through the […]
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Tévedés azt hinni, hogy Trump után visszatérhetünk a régi kerékvágásba

by telex 24/04/2025
“It’s a mistake to think we can go back to the old normal after Trump”. Interview with FEPS Secretary General László Andor in Telex (HU), where he discusses the global trade tensions triggered by Trump-era tariffs, the shifting US-China dynamic, and the need for the EU to develop a new strategic approach in a permanently changed world order.

Orbán’s stance on Ukraine pushes Hungary to brink in EU relations

by The Guardian 22/04/2025
News article by The Guardian (UK) quoting FEPS Secretary General László Andor, who highlights how Hungary’s obstructive stance on Ukraine is undermining vital EU unity and fuelling tensions among member states.

Andor László: Fenntarthatóság vagy hadigazdaság Európában?

by Népszava 22/04/2025
“László Andor: Sustainability or war economy in Europe” Opinion article by FEPS Secretary General László Andor, published in Népszava (HU), discussing the EU’s need to balance its security response with addressing pressing social issues such as the housing crisis affecting most member states.

СТРАТЕГИЯТА ЗА ОТБРАНА НА ЕВРОПА ТРЯБВА ДА БЪДЕ ОРИЕНТИРАНА КЪМ МИРА

by Novi Vremena 27/03/2025
In the article "Europe’s defence strategy must be peace-oriented", the Bulgarian media Novi Vremena highlights FEPS position on European defence strategy presented by László Andor, David Rinaldi and Beatriz Abellán.

Las COP ya “no sirven” y deben ser reformadas, claman expertos en política climática

by La Vanguardia 15/11/2024
"COPs are “no longer useful” and in need of reform, say climate policy experts" Read this article of La Vanguardia about an open letter sent to Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, calling for a comprehensive reform of the climate conferences. Maria João Rodrigues, FEPS President, is among the signatories.
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🇵🇸 What FUTURE are we giving GAZA’s children? With Palestinian academic Omar Shaban

📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcast 🇵🇸 “What about the 6th of October? […]

🇵🇸 What FUTURE are we giving GAZA’s children? With Palestinian academic Omar Shaban

📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcast 🇵🇸 “What about the 6th of October? […]

‘Financing our future: Towards the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Financing our future: Towards the 4th International Conference on Financing for […]

Rethinking Security through Nuclear Disarmament with Florian Eblenkamp

📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcast In this climate of militarisation and declining […]

Rethinking security through nuclear disarmament with Florian Eblenkamp

📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcast In this climate of militarisation and declining […]

Funding for conflict prevention Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Funding for conflict prevention‘ event in FEPS HQ. As the EU […]
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Beatriz ABELLÁN

FEPS Policy Analyst on International Relations
Beatriz Abellán (she/her) joined FEPS in September 2024 as a Policy Analyst on International Relations. […]

Thainá LEITE

Project Management Coordinator
Thainá Leite works as Project Management Coordinator and is responsible for projects on International Affairs […]

Maria João RODRIGUES

FEPS President
Since 2017, Maria João Rodrigues is the President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies […]