🔴Join LIVE - the #NextLeft lecture ‘’Appealing to voters’ better natures; is it feasible?” youtube.com/live/ipSeg6Vuopg 👉Hosted by Andreas @SCHIEDER MEP, the lecture will be presented by sociologist and political scientist Colin Crouch, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Warwick and External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. ❓The lecture will explore whether #Progressive parties can realistically appeal to voters’ “better natures” in an era increasingly shaped by populist cynicism. It argues that competing with the far right on fear or self-interest ultimately reinforces those narratives, and instead proposes a balanced approach that recognises both people’s willingness to do good and the limits of what they are prepared to sacrifice.

❗️In such a context of confrontation and destabilisation, is there a space for renewed social democracy to persevere and thrive? #GPM2026 youtube.com/watch?v=DdKTqFfl… Delving into this question at the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona is the #NextLeft panel, with: 👉Andreas @SCHIEDER, MEP (S&D), Head of the Austrian SPÖ-EU-Delegation, Chair Next Left Research Programme (tbc) 👉 Kata Tüttő @CoR_President, President, European Committee of the Regions 👉 @PaulMagnette, President, Socialist Party, Belgium; Former Mayor of Charleroi 👉Alberto Bondesio Martínez @AlbertoBondesio, MP (PSC), Parliament of Catalonia 👉João Martis Pereira, President, @YESocialists 👉Esther-Mirjam Sent @emsent, Chair, PvdA; Professor, Radboud University 👉Chiara Braga, President of the PD parliamentary group in the Italian parliament 👉Christophe Clergeau @clergeau, Vice-President of the S&D Group 👉Matthias Ecke @MattEcke, MEP of the S&D Group 🤝 By FEPS, in cooperation with @RennerInstitut and with the support of @FCampalans

🇪🇸Get ready for the #GPM2026 with FEPS President @NicolasSchmitEU alongside leaders @PaulMagnette, @conner_rousseau, @shd2906, @ClaireHanna and @ivanabacik! 🔗bit.ly/FEPSatGPM 🌹FEPS will be in Barcelona, hosting a series of fringe events, including the panel "#NextLeft: navigating the great reset and beyond", where @PaulMagnette is one of the speakers alongside @SCHIEDER, @jalloul_hana @CoR_President, Tim Klüssendorf, Patrick Diamond, Kaisa Vatanen,@MPereiraJoao, @emsent @bragachiara and @clergeau 🤝With @RennerInstitut and the support of @FCampalans

🎓 At the Annual Autumn Academy, the political context of countries are delved into based on the #NextLeft Country Case studies. Read them here! #FEPSAAA 📚 bit.ly/3ZW7DuW 🇱🇺Luxemburg 🔺Marc Angel, S&D MEP and EP Quaestor 🔺Paul Klensch @klenschpaul, City Councilor, Strassen 🔺Oliver Cano, Secretary for International LSAP 🔺@MatteoDressler, FEPS Policy Analyst on Democracy and Participation 🇮🇪Ireland 🟢@kevcunningham, lecturer in politics, political strategist, and pollster 🟢@davekitching, Secretary for International, @labour 🟢Aoife Maguire @aoife_oiney, FEPS Communications Officer 🇪🇪Estonia 🔹Eduard Odinets @OdinetsEduard, former MP Estonia, Secretary for International SDE 🔹Anneli Pärlin, Board member of the Estonian SDE, Maris Sild, City Councillor, Tallinn 🔹Riina Sikut, former Minister of Health, Estonia 🔹Tarvo Sarmet, FEPS Trainer 🔹@Ania_Skrzypek, FEPS Director for Research and Training

📍Closing the day of in-depth discussions between the #NextLeft new cycle and the #ProgressivePollsters at the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in Vilnius 🇱🇹 🔗bit.ly/NLVVilnius2025 Progressivism in Lithuania and Europe – dilemmas, detours and drive forward With: 👉Akvilė Danielė, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications, Republic of Lithuania 👉 Dovydas Šotland, consultant at the Ministry of Defence 👉Jurgita Platakytė, advisor to the Minister of Health 👉Tadas Vinokur, advisor to the Prime Minister The #NextLeft programme is by FEPS in collaboration with @RennerInstitut

👈Continuing #NextLeft meetings in Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament, the discussion delves into challenges and opportunities arising from socially just and progressive policies 🇱🇹Join in LIVE in Lithuanian! youtube.com/live/e6cb_38IZKc With: 🔺Andreas @SCHIEDER, MEP, S&D Group, Head of the Austrian Delegation, Chair of Next Left Research Programme 🔺Laurynas Sedvydis @lsedvydis, MP, Chair of Human Rights Committee, LSDP 🔺Kaisa Vatanen, Chief Client Officer, Datapraxis 🔺Modesta Petrauskaitė @ModestaPetraus1, MP LSDP, member of the Committee on Social Affairs and Labor, member of the Committee on the Future. 🔺@Ania_Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training, FEPS 🔺Ruslanas Baranovas, MP, Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Deputy Committee Chair of European Affairs Committee, LSDP.

🌹The new cycle of FEPS-@RennerInstitut #NextLeft programme kicks off in Vilnius, Lithuania!🇱🇹 bit.ly/NLVVilnius2025 Over the next two days, the #NextLeft Focus Members and the #ProgressivePollsters Network will gather with key political figures and experts for a series of discussions and expert meetings. 👉At Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament, hosted by the LSDP, the Progressive Pollsters session kicks off with the discussion "Strengthening the Centre-Left: Insights and Strategies for 2026 and Beyond", with: 🔺Andreas @SCHIEDER, MEP, S&D Group, Head of the Austrian Delegation, Chair of Next Left Research Programme 🔺Laurynas Sedvydis @lsedvydis, MP, LSDP 🔺Jurgita Šukevičienė, MP, LSDP, Chair of Education Committee 🔺@Ania_Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training, FEPS 🔺Ruslanas Baranovas, Member of Vilnius District Council, Leader of Social Democratic faction, LSDP 🔺András Bíró-Nagy @BiroNagyAndras, Director, @Pol_SolutionsHU, Senior Research Fellow at ELTE Centre for Social Sciences 🔺Bruno Jeanbart @bjeanbart, Vice President, @opinionway 🔺Christabel Cooper @ChristabelCoops, Director of Research, @LabourTogether 🔺Eva Zeglovits @EvaZeglovits, Sozialforschung, Managing Director and Senior Researcher, IFES Institut für Empirische 🔺Kaisa Vatanen, Chief Client Officer, Datapraxis 🔺Marcin Duma @MarcinDuma, CEO, IBRIS 🔺Rado Fonda, Head of Research, SWG Spa and Director, @PollingEU 🤝The #NextLeft Programme is by FEPS in collaboration with @RennerInstitut

📬 FEPS newsletter is back with plenty to share! Check out our upcoming events on 📈 #Inflation 🏗️ #IndustrialPolicy 🧳 Progressive Migration Group ♀️ The EU's role in supporting women in Iran It also features the latest content of the #NextLeft research programme Read now ⤵️

NEXTLEFT

Just discovered our llms.txt file was basically a 3,000-word love letter to ourselves. 😅 Turns out we've been doing it wrong this whole time. While we thought we were helping AI understand NextLeft, we accidentally created the digital equivalent of cornering ChatGPT at a party and telling it our entire life story. The good news? We now know what NOT to do with llms.txt files. The better news? We'll show you how you can do it too. Read how to fix your "helpful" file that was actually making AI's job harder → nextleft.com/blog/llms-txt/

🇦🇹Day 2 of the #NextLeft Research Programme continues at the Austrian Parliament, where members of the 2024 cycle met with @eviholz, MP and Women's spokesperson in the National Council for @spoe_at! Find out more: 🔎bit.ly/NextLeftVienna2024

As part of the #NextLeft Research Programme meeting in Vienna🇦🇹, the panel “The new EU term – How to bring Europe on the path for a socially just and green growth” The panel discusses the implications of the prominent reports by Letta & Draghi in the context of Europe’s ongoing challenges, including geopolitical tensions, the #ClimateCrisis, the decline in industrial competitiveness, and the urgent need for green and digital transformation of its economy. With speakers: 🔸@SCHIEDER, Head of the SPÖ delegation in the European Parliament, S&D Group, Chair of the Next Left Research Program 🔸@LaszloAndorEU , General Secretary of FEPS 🔸Michael Soder, Economist in the Economic Policy Department of the Vienna Chamber of Labour 🔸@SocialLore, FEPS Next Left Group member, Associate Professor University of Birmingham 🔸@MariaMaltschnig, Director of the Karl Renner Institute Find out more: 🔎bit.ly/NextLeftVienna2024 With @RennerInstitut

🇦🇹The last meeting of the #NextLeft Research Programme 2024 cycle, by @RennerInstitut and FEPS, is convening in Vienna to discuss the new EU mandate and strengthening centre-left strategies for 2025 and beyond. Find out more: 🔎bit.ly/NextLeftVienna2024

How did #NextLeft lose at #Southwell? I had #RogerPol but the last two jumps were really fishy! 🙄🙄🙄🙄

This #NextLeft Lecture highlights the case of Sweden, but we’ve also explored 🇫🇷🇦🇹🇷🇴🇦🇺 in our country case studies! The Lectures form an integral part of the #NextLeft Research Programme. They showcase the newest research findings from top European academics in closed-door sessions with leading EU policymakers. Read more about the #NextLeft including the country case studies below! ➡️feps-europe.eu/theme/next-le…

🇸🇪Sofie Eriksson MEP @carpebruksort discusses the implications of Prof. Jenny Andersson's presentation of social democratic insights from Sweden at the #NextLeft Lecture V: "Market-orientated policies are turning towards breaking point - We need to address the economic insecurities and widening inequalities. We cannot ignore the growth of the far-right, & we cannot play on the fears that are dividing us."

At the #NextLeft Lecture V, Prof Jenny Andersson @UU_University emphasises the social consequences of the Nordic new growth model transition & the end of economic policies that focus on wage-led growth "We know inequality matters as it changes the image of a society" 🌐 bit.ly/NextLeftLectureV

🔴 We are live! Join us online for #NextLeft Lecture V with Prof. Jenny Andersson, Professor at @UU_University, from the European Parliament. She’s sharing key insights into 🇸🇪 Swedish #SocialDemocracy in the 21st century! Follow online 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=XPcoy0pe…

During a time of elections and polycrisis, how can we shape a #Progressive EU? FEPS' #SummerReadingList continues w/ 'Progressive Ambition', the 15th vol in the #NextLeft series 1⃣5⃣ It considers concrete policy proposals that can shape a socially democratic EU🇪🇺 bit.ly/ProgressiveAmbition

📢Our weekly newsletter is out, focusing on: 🔺#CallToEurope: the future is social w/ Commissioner @NicolasSchmitEU @EnricoLetta & more! 🔺the 15th cycle of the #NextLeft Focus Group in Madrid!🇪🇸 🔺20th anniversary of the EU's biggest #enlargement 🔗bit.ly/FEPSNWLEnlargement