Videos of the Progressive Governance Symposium 2019

400 progressives from 21 countries joint the Progressive Governance Symposium 2019 to reimagine the social contract and build communities for change. You can find all videos of the day here.

The Progressive Governance Symposium’s video recap

Food for thought – brief insights by our speakers

Reimagining the social contract

Keynote speech by Matthew Taylor

The coming progressive renaissance

Panel discussion with Marije Laffeber, Quentin Hart, Jack Markell, Valérie Rabault, Florian Ranft

Building a transatlantic coalition for the BIG transformation

Opening remarks by Michael Miebach, Maja Göpel, Jean Pisani-Ferry

Regaining trust and winning the debate on structural change

Panel discussion with Anneliese Dodds, Robert Habeck, Reiner Hoffmann, Michael Werz

Standing up for the people and places left behind by economic change

Keynote speech by Stephan Weil

Hope for tomorrow in times of new nationalism & populism

Panel discussion with Marije Laffeber, Jack Markell, Stephan Weil, Tamás Harangozó

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Author

Vincent Venus

Alumnus

Vincent Venus was head of communications at Das Progressive Zentrum and thus responsible for communication channels, editorial work and committee coordination.

Further articles

zwei Männer, die auf weißen Fliesen stehen

It would mean trivializing the current situation to interpret the crisis facing the SPD and the Greens primarily as a weakness specific to those two parties. In nearly all Western democracies, center-left parties are under pressure, as are center-right parties. What is eroding is not a type of party, but a political model.

Dominic Schwickert, Paul Jürgensen

Debate

Setting the Course for Action-Oriented Politics in Toronto

20. May 202620. May 2026

In Toronto, international government officials, leading thinkers, civil society representatives, and think-tank experts gathered for the Global Progress Action Summit.

Dominic Schwickert, Paul Jürgensen, Melanie Weiser, Jan Kjell Lange

Event Report

Progressive Offensive at Mobilisation Summit in Barcelona

28. April 202628. April 2026

In Barcelona, heads of government and representatives of progressive parties and organisations, as well as civil society, have come together for the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM).

Dominic Schwickert, Florian Ranft

Event Report, News

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