Czech Radio | Series: Following the Czech footsteps in the EU

Performances of previous Czech presidents, the contribution of the Czech EU Commissioner Věra Jourová, roaming and reverse charge and the assessment of the Czech Republic as the country of EU Presidency. The topics of the Czech Radio series on Czech footsteps in the European Union were commented by Viktor Daněk, Deputy Director of EUROPEUM Institute.

Many of Václav Havel's ideas from his speeches remain valid many years after the former Czech president delivered them on EU soil. Václav Havel's most famous European speech, which took Europe as a task as its motto for the Czech Presidency, did not originate in the European Parliament. It was delivered in Aachen in 1996 at the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize.

Individual episodes of the series Following Czech footsteps in the EU:

Havel's indelible European imprint here.

The contradictory performances of Klaus and Zeman here.

Věra Jourová among the most influential here.

Roaming and reverse charge here.

The divergent Czech presidencies here.

Viktor Daněk
Deputy Director

Before entering the NGO sphere, Viktor Daněk worked for almost ten years as a journalist. During his time with the public service Czech radio, he focused mainly on covering EU affairs. He spent almost five years as a permanent correspondent in Brussels, where he cooperated with other media outlets. Before his career in journalism, he gained experience in the area of marketing and communication in the Česká spořitelna banking group and at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He holds university degrees in Media Studies and International Relations. Viktor Daněk joined the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in October 2023. He continues to be active in the media as a freelancer. His main areas of interest are institutional questions of European integration, globalisation and the EU’s climate and migration policy.