TASR | Establishment of the Slovak Republic in the EU structures

Twenty years ago, the European Union underwent its biggest enlargement with the addition of ten Central and Eastern European countries. According to Vít Havelka, Senior Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, this is enough time for all accession countries to learn how to navigate the EU institutions and its decision-making process.

Unlike Slovakia, the Czech Republic has never had prominent European Commissioners or a large representation in key positions within the European Commission. I think this is due to a certain underestimation of the importance of the EU in the Czech Republic. 

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Vít Havelka
Senior Research Fellow

Expertise: EU institutional relations with member states, europeisation, transformation role of EU