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European economies appear to have found a way back towards modest growth, but the legacy of the global financial and EU sovereign crises is still weighing heavily on economic recovery and living conditions.
Redressing socio-economic conditions across Europe requires a revision of economic policies at both domestic and European level as well as the ability to drive and make the best of ongoing transformations that affect our societies: digitalisation, automation, globalisation, climate change, etc.
On top of managing transitions, FEPS activities focus on re-discovering avenues in which European economic integration can serve as a catalyst for prosperity and cohesion.
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Taxation & Investment Conference
Online conference, Monday, 25 October 2021, 14:00-17:00 CET via Zoom Ahead of the G20 Summit, which may reshape the way in which corporate tax works, and ahead of the ne...
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Thinking economics forward: Day of Progressive Economic Policy 2021 #tpw21
Online Congress, 28 - 29 April and 3 May 2021 The Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, the EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, German Minister on Finances Olaf Sc...
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Civic Competences and Lifelong Learning for the Green and Digital Transitions: Is Europe Ready?
Online conference, from Wednesday, 7 April to Friday, 9 April The online Conference ‘Civic Competences and Lifelong Learning for the Green and Digital ...
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Inequalities in the European Semester
Online Policy Study Presentation - 8th October 2020 14:00 - 16:30 Commissioner Nicolas Schmit was one of the key-note speakers at the presentation of the Policy Study ...
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Inequalities and the European Semester
2nd July 2020 - 10.00-12.00 Following the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the efforts to include the monitoring of its implementation in the&nbs...
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ETUI & FEPS COVID Response Double Webinar
2nd June from 12.00 to 14.15 (CET) In the aftermath of the Covid crisis, Progressives will need to come together to foster a strong common vision for a more resilient, e...
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The German Presidency and the EU Recovery Budget
Progressive Economic Policy Online Conference Wednesday 27 May from 17.00 to 18.30 with: Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and ReformJakob von Weizsāk...
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Different policies for a different crisis
Progressive Economic Policy Online Conference Tuesday 26 May from 17.00 to 18.30 with: Nadia Calviño, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Aff...
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FEPS COVID Response Webinar: Is Europe SURE?
Join the first FEPS COVID Response Webinar on Friday 17 April at 2PM:The global financial crisis left us with a certainty: the EU is not well equipped with counter-cyclic...
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Navigating the EU Economy - Legacy Speech by Pierre Moscovici
Tuesday 8 October / 18.00 - 19.30 / Venue: Hotel Châtelain – Rue du Châtelain 17, Brussels From fighting against tax evasion to improving the functioning of the Euro...
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De-Risking the Future of Europe
Reforming the Macrofinancial Architecture FEPS, the London School of Economics, the University of the West of England - Bristol and the Rockslide University organise a c...
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Platforms, precarious work and the public good. Can platforms empower workers?
A discussion based on new research findings from 13 European countries. According to research that will be published for the first time at the event, platform work is st...
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Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy. Presentation in Vienna
FEPS and the Renner Institute present the Report on “Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy” at the Vienna University of Economics and Business with the special ...
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Rewriting the rules for a more progressive trade and investment model
“Between the faithful and unconditional promoters of free trade and the populist critiques defending protectionist and nationalist visions of the world, there is a crit...
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FEPS meets the European Young Economists
This year, FEPS is partner of the Annual conference of the European Association of the Young Economists which takes place at the University Libre de Bruxelles on from the...
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Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy
FEPS and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz agreed to work on the European twin publication to Professor Stiglitz’s bestseller “Rewriting the Rules of the American Econom...
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Call to Europe: Convergence for a Stronger Europe
So far, convergence in the EU has been more of an abstract goal constantly put off into an undefined future, rather than a real and robust force bringing societies and ec...
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Workshop on Financialisation, Growth and Welfare State
Organized by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre/Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Financ...
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The Future of National Development Banks. Implications for African Finances
Join us for a discussion with Stephany Griffith-Jones and José Antonio Ocampo, the editors of the book “The Future of National Development Banks” (Oxford University ...
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The Rise of Promotional Banks in Contemporary Europe: Potentials and Pitfalls
The idea behind the workshop is to initiate a collective reflection on the evolution and changing role of national development banks in the European political economy. As...
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Reforming the EU: From Reflection to Political Action >>> What is the Meseberg Agreement worth?
On 13 September 2018, FEPS and the Jean Jaurès Foundation invite you to join a further reflection exercise on where politics should take us. With contributions by: • ...
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Who owns Europe?
Policy Roundtable (invitation-only) With Mutuo At FEPS office 5th September 11:00 - 13:00 Part of an 18-month joint research project examining different aspects of o...
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Workshop on Secular Stagnation in the Eurozone and Divergence between the Centre and Periphery
Workshop on Secular Stagnation in the Eurozone and Divergence between the Centre and Periphery: policy proposals beyond unconventional monetary policy Co-organized by th...
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For a Fair, Modern & Efficient Corporate Taxation in Europe
Several forces create a unique momentum for corporate tax reform. On the one hand the Lux Leaks, the Panama Papers and most recent the Paradise Papers have clarified to t...
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Next Left Economic Circle
Topic: Economic and Monetary Union Reform Date: 6th December at 3pm Venue: FEPS, 40 rue Montoyer 1000 Brussels 4th Floor Speakers: Fabien Dell: Member of the ca...
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STABILISING THE EUROZONE Economic, Banking, and Financial Integration to Redress the Monetary Union
The EMU reform is back on the top level debate on the Future of Europe. After many reports and reflection papers, the time to discuss some concrete legislative propo...
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Recovery Watch
The National Recovery and Resilience Plans represent the new framework in which member states will identify their development strategy and allocate European and national resources with the objective of relaunching socio-economic conditions after the pandemic.
This process, initiated as
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Fiscal Rules
Among the different actions taken by the European Commission in the aftermath of the pandemic, the suspension of the fiscal rules may represent a change as big and as relevant as the much more acclaimed Next Generation EU. Several governments have already hinted that they don’t wish to go back
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Taxation
Progressives have long advocated for far-reaching tax reforms able to deliver on fiscal justice. Nowadays, reforms become even more crucial as member states need resources to drive the green and digital twin transitions and secure a prompt recovery.
The negotiations at the G20 level,
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De-Risking the Future of Europe. Reforming the EU Macrofinancial Architecture
In the aftermath of the sovereign debt crisis, the architecture of economic and financial governance in the European Union changed at an unprecedented pace. Member States have put in place crucial pillars of the Banking Union and the Capital Markets Union.
Nevertheless, progress on both
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Crowd Work in the European Gig Economy Employment in the Era of Online Platforms. Conference on the Launch of the Report
There is much talk about the disruptive potential of digitalisation and the sharing economy on labour markets. But surprisingly little is known about the realities of ‘gig work’ and the new types of employment created by online platforms. Is it a liberating new form of self-employment or a
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Research on the privileged 10% in Ireland in a European context
December 2017 to June 2019
Conference and report launch organized with TASC
Research on the privileged 10% in Ireland and in Europe is a joint project of FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies) and TASC, The project studies the extent
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Research on health in Europe: reducing health inequality by more progressive health policies?
December 2017 to June 2019
Conference and report launch organized with TASC
Research on health inequalities is a joint project of FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies) and TASC. This project will evaluate how different national health systems reduce – or exacerbate
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Social implications of precarious work
From December 2015 to March 2018, Conference and report launch organized with TASC
The Social Implications of Precarious Work is a joint project of FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies) and TASC.
There is a growing awareness of the extent of precarious work –
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Who owns Europe? An examination of ownership across the EU
Partners involved: Mutuo
Ownership matters. Owners of businesses set their strategic direction, purpose and the terms of employment. Owners of land decide what should be done with it and who can access it. Owners of property decide how it is deployed and who can enjoy its
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The People’s Business
Partners involved: Mutuo
A new website was launched at the beginning of 2018, in order to provide a platform for tools, building on from the project and publication with the same name previously.
It it s a platform
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Ireland, Europe and the Multinationals: implications of the Irish national tax-based industrial policy for Ireland and the European Union
In partnership with TASC
Popular anger across Europe at MNE tax evasion threatens the Irish development model. Ireland has always depended on FDI (foreign direct investment), but in recent years attracting FDI appears to have become dependent on favourable tax treatment. A series of
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Advancing Social Europe by means of the EU budget
With Bertelsmann Stiftung
Lead Researcher Anton Hemerijck, EUI
The EU has developed roadmaps in the social field but the existing instruments of the budget seemingly do not rise to the challenge of the social objectives. This discrepancy should be remedied. The project
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Macroeconomic forecasting for the EU
With the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (DK)
Lead researcher: Lars Andersen
FEPS, thanks to the key collaboration of the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM), runs estimations and forecasts on EU economies with the HEIMDAL model and an ad-hoc created
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Automation, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Main Partners: Policy Network, Fondazione EYU
Automation and artificial intelligence will have a big impact on workers and changing our approach to work. The overarching objective is to define the guidelines that can help reconcile technological change and social rights.
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Annual Report on Inequality
FEPS and the Think Tank for Action on Social Change (TASC) have an ongoing partnership to deepen the analysis and discussing current socio-economic and financial issues linked to the notion of inequality.
The legacy of
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fair taxation
Tax justice and fairness should be the backbone of a progressive economic policy. It is estimated that tax fraud, evasion and avoidance all together amount to as much as 1 trillion € each year in Europe. It means a loss of about 2 thousand € per person. That is simply unacceptable.
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Re-writing the Rules of the European Economy
Key Partner: Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Lead Researcher: Joseph Stiglitz
FEPS and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz agreed to work on the European twin publication to the Professor’s bestseller “Re-writing the Rules of American Economy”. In partnership with the Renner Institute
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Greenwich Progressive Economy Research Centre (GPERC)
In 2015, the fruitful collaboration between FEPS and the University of Greenwich materialised in the setting up of the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre (GPERC), which brings together researchers from different departments and is designed to be a support hub for disciplines such as
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The Bank – Sovereign Nexus in Europe: planning for growth, de-risking the future?
The project provides a careful, multi-layered and multi-locational analysis of the bank/sovereign reform agendas, focusing on three distinctive areas: (i) the historical and structural origins of the bank-sovereign nexus; (ii) the potential synergies and conflicts between sovereign markets
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