Foundation for European Progressive Studies

2025 was a hard year for the European Green Deal, with far more steps backwards and missed opportunities than forward progress. It could have been worse, and – depending on the European Commission’s ‘simplification’ package (omnibus) – it could still get worse. The war in Iran is reminding leaders, businesses and households of the urgent need for full fossil fuel inde...

The war in the Middle East once again exposes the fragility of global energy and food systems and the inflationary risks they entail. The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery through which 20-30 per cent of the world’s oil, gas, and fertiliser trade passes, has already

With an unprecedented voter turnout of almost 80 per cent, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been ousted from power by Péter Magyar and his two-year-old party Tisza. And what is more: Tisza won a constitutional majority.

As of Thursday, 16 April, Tisza has 137 representatives in parliament – four more than needed for a constitutional majorit...

Among European heads of state and government, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez alone went out with a categorical critique and rejection of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, which was launched on the last day of February. No sympathy for the theocratic regime of Iran was behind this, along with a good understanding of the consequences of the systematic violat...