Timpul Prezent | European borders, EU enlargement and growing polarization in Slovakia

What are the borders of Europe and how do they coincide with the borders of the European Union? What are the prospects for EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans and the former Soviet states? These questions are addressed by Jana Juzová, senior researcher at EUROPEUM Institute for the Timpul Prezent podcast. She also discussed the consequences of the recent attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and highlighted the growing polarization of Slovak society and the potential threat to media independence.

The situation is difficult in Slovakia at the moment. On the one hand, we have the opposition expressing sympathy for the Prime Minister. On the other hand, we have government representatives blaming liberals and the media for what happened. Unfortunately, we can expect government measures against media independence, against certain NGOs, as well as further polarization of Slovak society.

You can listen to the full podcast here.

Jana Juzová
Senior Research Fellow

Expertise: regionalism, Visegrad cooperation, democratization and European integration of the Western Balkan countries, EU enlargement