Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is a German non-profit political foundation founded in 1925, affiliated with (though legally independent of) the Social Democratic Party of Germany. It promotes social democracy through political education, research, publications, student scholarships, and international cooperation programs in over 100 countries.www.fes.de
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Oct 15, 2026
Jan OnoszkoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were fundamental in electing President Lula back in 2022, but there's definitely been a shift towards the right.
Jan OnoszkoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
According to a recent survey by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 38% of young people now identify as being right-wing, with 17% of them saying that they are far-right.
Jan OnoszkoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's compared to just 18% who say that they are left-wing.
Jan OnoszkoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And there's a massive 44% in the middle.
DiegoHOST
Mm-hmm.
RasheedHOST
The, the, the, and it's the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, just like, for example, the, the FDP, the liberals, they have the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
RasheedHOST
I think the CDU, the conservatives, if I'm not mistaken, theirs is the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which would-
DiegoHOST
Same as well, I believe
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
Friedrich Naumann Foundation followed, saying that government requirements, um, had made it impossible to work independently in this country.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
And the German's ambassador, new ambassador to Georgia, Barbara Foss, later confirmed that the two other German foundations, the, uh, Heinrich Boll Foundation and also, um, Fried- Friedrich Ebert Foundation, had also temporarily suspended their activities in Georgia.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
So yeah, at the beginning, it was w- two of them, but, well, now it seems that all of them-
Nodar KharshiladzeHOST
Mm-hmm
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation followed, saying government requirements made it impossible to work independently in the country.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
Germany's ambassador to Georgia, Barbara Voss, later confirmed that two other German foundations, the Heinrich Boll Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, had also temporarily suspended their activities in Georgia.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on the current and former de facto leaders of Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, Marat Gambolov and Alan Gagloev, as part of wider measures targeting Russia-linked figures.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
Four pro-Russian Georgians have also been sanctioned, including Pat Abuladze, the brother-in-law of Tbilisi mayor Kakha Kaladze.
Matthew YglesiasHOST
... uh, I went over to Germany.
Matthew YglesiasHOST
I was a guest of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, who had brought me over before, uh, wi- with some other center left...
Matthew YglesiasHOST
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, I should say, um, in Germany, the political parties all have sort of official affiliated think tanks.
Matthew YglesiasHOST
Um, and this is the one of the Social Democratic Party.
Matthew YglesiasHOST
Um, and so I was over there, and we're covering the election.