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🇪🇺 How did political parties target young voters on social media during the #EUElections2024? The new policy study "From posts to polls" was launched at FEPSHQ! Read the study: 🔗https://lnkd.in/eEtruVtN Known as the year of super-elections, 2024 has emphasised the drastic change in political communications. The results of the #EUElections2024 emphasise how social media has emerged as a primary source of political information for young people—an opportunity that the far right has effectively exploited. The new policy study “From posts to polls” investigates strategies to democratically engage young voters amidst the emergence of social media as a primary source of political information for young people and the far right's effective use of these platforms. The study focuses on social media strategies of political parties targeting young voters ahead of the # #EUElections2024, focusing on Facebook and Instagram activity in Germany, Sweden, Hungary, & Poland.🇩🇪🇸🇪🇭🇺🇵🇱 Key findings: ❗Turnout for #EUElections2024 was low at 36%,with a 6% drop from 2019. ❗The low turnout was due to a lack of interest in politics rather than distrust or cynicism towards the political system. With speakers: 🔸Biliana Sirakova, European Union Youth Coordinator 🔸Lauren Mason, Policy and Advocacy Manager, European Youth Forum 🔸Neele Eilers, Research Fellow, dpart - research for political participation 🔸Francesca Giannaccini, Research Associate, Democracy Reporting International (DRI) 🔸Elena Avramovska, Senior Researcher, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 🔸Ania Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training, FEPS Europe 🔸Matteo Dressler, Policy Analyst, Democracy & Participation, FEPS Europe Read the new policy study: 📕 https://lnkd.in/eEtruVtN By FEPS and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Future of Democracy, with dpart - research for political participation and Democracy Reporting International.

🇸🇪 FEPS was in Stockholm for the event "Algorithmic Governance and the Swedish Model"! Watch the keynote speech by Daron Acemoglu, the 2024 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, alongside Magdalena Andersson, former Swedish Prime Minister and leader of the Swedish Opposition. #AIatWork 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eWGGV9AS   FEPS' Digital Programme, with Nordic partners and trade unions, has been committed to understanding the true impact of #AlgorithmicManagement, which has taken a crucial role in the AI-at-work revolution, whether in the form of automated task allocation, detailed surveillance of workers’ activities, or the assessment of workers’ output.   📕 The conference presented findings from the policy study "Algorithmic management in traditional workplaces", which explores the impact of algorithmic management on the impacts with a focus on the unique labour environments of the Nordic countries—Finland, Sweden, and Norway—where long-standing traditions of labour organisation intersect with rapidly advancing technologies.   With speakers: 🔺Maja Fjaestad, Senior Policy Advisor at the European Policy Centre and former Swedish State Secretary for Health 🔺Göran Arrius, President of SACO, Sveriges akademikers centralorganisation  🔺Ivana Bartoletti, Expert on AI and gender rights at the Council of Europe and a Cybersecurity and Privacy Executive Fellow at Virginia Tech 🔺 Kristina Birke Daniels, Director, FES Nordics Office 🔺Simon Vinge, Chief Economist, Akademikerförbundet SSR 🔺Carin Håkansta, Karolinska Institutet 🔺Pille Strauss-Raats, Karolinska Institutet 🔺Ruben Lind, Karolinska Institutet 🔺Pontus Blüme, Stockholm University 🔺Jenny Wrangborg, Researcher, Svenska Transportarbetarförbundet 🔺Linda Larsson, LANDSORGANISATIONEN I SVERIGE 🔺German Bender, Arena Idé 🔺Thea Holmlund, Handels trade union 🔺Simon Vinge, Akademikerförbundet SSR 🔺Johan Sjolander, Director, Tankesmedjan Tiden 🔺Uwe Optenhögel, Vice-president, FEPS 🔺Gerard Rinse Oosterwijk, Policy analyst on digital, FEPS   Watch the speech by Daron Acemoglu on FEPS' YouTube channel: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eWGGV9AS   Read the policy study "Algorithmic management in traditional workplaces": 📕 https://lnkd.in/eMqZrKPh By FEPS with Akademikerförbundet SSR, Arena Idé, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Norics, LANDSORGANISATIONEN I SVERIGE, and Tankesmedja Tiden.

FEPS took part in the #EPGenderEqualityWeek! FEMM Chair and FEPS VP Lina Gálvez Muñoz hosted the launch event of our new book 'A New Gender Equality Contract for Europe', at the European Parliament. Couldn’t make it? Watch the recording! 📺 https://lnkd.in/ebU_WaEK The book argues why gender equality should become a unifying force (the glue!) towards more egalitarian, solidaristic and caring societies. Featuring gender experts from diverse disciplines, the book connects feminist academic intelligence with hands-on policymaking. Its chapters cover a wide range of topics, including education, reproductive health, labour, care, cultural rights, democracy, climate, and Feminist Foreign Policy. Several of the book’s authors were present to share its key findings and engage policymakers in discussions on how to consolidate positive narratives about feminist issues, including: 🔸 Peto Andrea, Professor in the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University 🔸 Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula, Sociologist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Łódź, Poland  🔸 Mafalda Dâmaso, Academic and Independent Consultant Specialising in EU Cultural and Media Policy 🔸 Ann Linde, FEPS Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden 🔸 Katarzyna Szkuta (PhD), EU and International Affairs Advisor and Advisor to the State Secretary for Equality, Belgium It is crucial to shift away from the gender backlash and to create a new #GenderEqualityContract for Europe that policymakers can unite around! Read the book now 📕 https://lnkd.in/enEqN2Da 🎙️ Would you like to get a glimpse of the book? Listen to the new episode of FEPS Talks, with one of the authors, Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella, who explores the transformative role of care in advancing gender equality. 🎧 https://lnkd.in/eyx89zHc

🇺🇦 Continuing the work on the Progressive Ukraine policy series, the expert meeting “The Social Transformation of Ukraine” delved into how Progressives can promote sustainable peace in wider Europe.  🔗 https://lnkd.in/epZQPEmn FEPS has been committed to facilitating the knowledge bank necessary for Ukraine to rebuild progressively after the war through the Progressive Ukraine series, showing that social democrats can help Ukraine build a resilient and prosperous society, serving as a beacon for a more just and equitable Europe. FEPS, alongside its partners, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Ukraine, Fundacja Amicus Europae, Karl-Renner-Institut, Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö, Foundation Max van der Stoel (FMS), and Fondation Jean-Jaurès held the workshop “The Social Transformation of Ukraine" on Ukraine's future in Europe, delving into discussions on: 🇺🇦 From a Country at War to Sustainable Peace: Making Case for a Progressive Ukraine 🇺🇦 On a Path to EU Membership: Addressing Social Policy Challenges in Ukraine’s Reconstruction  🇺🇦 Leaving No One Behind: advancing gender equality and inclusion in the reconstruction of Ukraine With speakers: 👉 Antony Beumer, former Secretary-General, S&D Group 👉 Tomas Petricek, former Czech Minister for Foreign Affairs 👉 Yurchenko, Yuliya, Lecturer, University of Greenwich & FEPS Advisor on Ukraine 👉 Andriy Korniychuk, PhD, European Studies Unit, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences & FEPS Advisor on Ukraine 👉 Maria Maltschnig, FEPS Vice-President & Director, Karl Renner Institut 👉 Vita Shnaider, Researcher at NGO New Housing Policy  👉 Natalia Lomonosova, Research Fellow in the Ukraine Research Network, Center for Eastern European and International Studies (ZOiS) 👉Julia Westerveld-Soldatiuk, Senior Research Fellow EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael 👉László Andor, Secretary-General, FEPS 👉Uwe Optenhögel, Vice-President, FEPS  👉Ania Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training, FEPS 📕 Publications on Ukraine include the book "Europe and the War in Ukraine: From Russian Aggression to a New Eastern Policy" and the policy study "(Re)Building the Future". Stay tuned for new publications in 2025! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/evwHbTNM

🇪🇺 The EU is at a crossroads in its #DigitalTransformation and must act urgently towards greater technological sovereignty. Read the new policy study "Time to build a European digital ecosystem" 📕 https://lnkd.in/gmqyUqC3 In 2024, the EU has proven itself to be a pioneer in legislating digital policy and AI, with trademark laws including the #AIAct, the Digital Services Act (#DSA), and the Digital Markets Act. Yet, with growing geopolitical tensions and reliance on foreign tech giants, the new European Commission must ensure that digital gatekeepers like Google and Meta comply with existing legislation and enforce them when needed. The new policy study 'Time to build a European digital ecosystem' explores the crucial steps in how the EU can reduce its digital dependencies and create a resilient, autonomous, and socially inclusive digital framework. The study emphasises the importance of enforcing existing digital regulations and creating a European Digital Industrial Policy (#EDIP) to drive innovation and secure European values. It also provides critical recommendations for the new Commission, which focuses on creating a unified digital industrial strategy, including developing a ‘#EuroStack’, a European technology framework encompassing hardware, infrastructure, AI, data, and governance. Most importantly, achieving digital sovereignty requires a strategic overhaul. Legislative measures must be paired with capacity building to advance a digital future that reflects European values of fairness, sustainability, and innovation. Read this new policy study 📕 https://lnkd.in/gmqyUqC3 By Francesca Bria, Johnny Ryan, Sophie Bloemen, Fabian Ferrari, Gerard Rinse Oosterwijk, Justin Nogarede, Matthias Pfeffer, Leevi Saari, José Van Dijck, Antal van den Bosch, Marie Hasdenteufel, and Annarosa Pesole. By FEPS with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung EU Office and FES Future of Work

To start the #EPGenderEqualityWeek and push for #FeministForeignPolicy on the agenda of the EU political cycle, the policy series by the Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective has been presented to top EU policymakers such as Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management. 🟪 https://lnkd.in/eEmh88Sf The Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective Chairs Ann Linde and Machris Cabreros met top policymakers such as 👉Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management 👉Irene Fellin, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security 👉Julia Koch - de Biolley, EEAS Head of the Task Force on Gender Equality 👉Maja Stojanovska, Gender Responsive Leadership Expert, EEAS 👉Elisabeth Werner, Deputy Secretary General of the European Commission, Head of the Gender Equality Task Force in the European Commission 👉Members of the European Parliament Chloé Ridel, Hana Jalloul and MEP Evin I. FEPS, with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung EU and supported by partners, launched the Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective (FFPPVC), a community of global feminist experts and creates a platform to exchange ideas, policy approaches, and practices in #FeministForeignPolicy. The Policy Brief series includes five policy briefs: 🟪 EU | A European feminist foreign policy? By Aline Burni and Laeticia Thissen 🟪 FORESIGHT | Embracing Feminist Foreign Policy within EU strategic foresight capabilities by Anastaesia M. 🟪 LATIN AMERICA | Feminist foreign policy in the EU and Latin America by Evyn Papworth, Daniela SEPÚLVEDA, and Thainá Leite 🟪 FUNDING | From talking to walking: Using feminist foreign policy to fund feminist organising by ALOAKINNOU Kpenassou Marie-Thérèse Benedicta, Lucie Daniel, Maria Malomalo, and Marinke van Riet 🟪SECURITY & DEFENCE | A feminist foreign policy approach to EU security and defence by Dr Annika Bergman Rosamond Read the publications: 🟪 https://lnkd.in/eEmh88Sf #FeministForeignPolicy is the means to change the way the EU interacts globally. Traditional approaches to foreign policy, based on colonial, patriarchal systems, need to be questioned. The EU’s foreign policy has operated on the basis that it is gender-neutral and technocratic - but gender-neutral does not equate to gender inclusive. Gender equality is not a mere ‘add on’. Although several EU Member states have adopted #FeministForeignPolicy, the EU still needs a more ambitious approach to substantially transforming its foreign policy concept and practice. With FES & strategic partners Olof Palme International Center, Fondation Jean-Jaurès, SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation, IAI, Fundación Pablo Iglesias, Fabian Society, CEE Network for Gender Issues, Broadbent Institute | Institut Broadbent, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative Policy, Equipop, Das Progressive Zentrum & International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

🗳️ Super-electoral 2024 ends with elections in #Ireland & #Romania 🇮🇪🇷🇴 The results indicate continuity hides a more complex situation, as the presidential elections annulment in Romania shows. Featuring analyses by Victor NEGRESCU, Kevin Cunningham, Alice Pop, David Kitching, and more.

🇦🇹 The last meeting of the Next Left Focus Group’s 2024 cycle convened in Vienna to discuss the new EU mandate, including implementing the green and digital transformations! Find out more: 🔎https://lnkd.in/egaSz3TX Against the backdrop of these significant challenges for the EU, how can the EU successfully combine the green and digital transitions with social justice at its core? As part of the Next Left Focus Group meeting in Vienna, the panel  “The new EU term – How to bring Europe on the path for a socially just and green growth” discussed the implications of the prominent reports by Enrico Letta and Mario 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: 🔸László Andor, General Secretary of FEPS 🔸Andreas Schieder, Head of the SPÖ delegation in the European Parliament, S&D Group, Chair of the Next Left Research Program 🔸Michael Soder, Economist in the Economic Policy Department of the Vienna Chamber of Labour 🔸Dr Lorenza Antonucci, FEPS Next Left Group member,  Associate Professor University of Birmingham 🔸Maria Maltschnig, Director of the Karl Renner Institute The meeting also included inputs from the #NextLeft focus group and the pollster’s network. The Next Left research program was launched in 2009 by FEPS and the Karl-Renner-Institut. It aims to shape the political discourse in Europe with progressive ideas, and since 2020, has been led by Andreas Schieder. Watch the recording of “The new EU term – How to bring Europe on the path for a socially just and green growth”.  🎥 https://lnkd.in/egaSz3TX Interested in #NextLeft? Read the Next Left country case study on Austria:  📕 https://lnkd.in/eTqs9SFQ

FEPS is pleased to renew its collaboration with the student-run non-profit association “Eyes on Europe“ managed by students at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Institute for European Studies, ULB (IEE-ULB). Their mission is to provide students with a new vision of European news by producing quality content. In an effort to bring the Foundation closer to a new generation of students and young people, FEPS welcomes the signature of this new partnership convention for the 2024-2025 period. We are proud that this collaboration supports the work of an independent student-led initiative such as Eyes on Europe. The association’s semi-annual magazine and weekly news updates are valuable initiatives that provide young Europeans with insightful perspectives on EU news and feed the EU public debate with university students’ points of view. Learn more about Eyes on Europe ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eBAPPUFP

FEPS, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and the ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies launched the policy study "A Unified Industrial Strategy for the EU”, alongside a wider discussion on the EU budget and Green Deal working in sync, at FEPSHQ! Read the study: 📕 https://lnkd.in/eivdZA7e The industrial renewal of the European economies has been at the center of discussions following the Draghi Report, and the upcoming work on the EU Competitiveness Agenda and the Clean Industrial Deal. The analysis and recommendations, by Lukas Bertram, Jakob Hafele, Sebastian Kiecker, and Lydia Korinek, outline three key aspects necessary for a successful EU industrial strategy: 🔺 Focusing on strategic industries and key value chain segments 🔺 Relying on the potential and resources of the different European regions (with a map of regional potential‼️) 🔺 A smart multi-level governance model with some centralised coordination within the European Commission and structured exchanges with Member States and regions. More on this: https://lnkd.in/eivdZA7e In tandem with the launch of the new policy study, FEPS, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung + CEE Bankwatch Network, and Systems Transformation Hub hosted today a brainstorming ‘For an EU budget and an EU Green Deal working together in sync”. The gathering is an opportunity to discuss the pathways to achieve a #JustTransition in the context of the upcoming new Multiannual Financial Framework and a new EU political cycle. 🇪🇺