Hospodářské noviny | Let's keep our no and think about how to build Wall Street in Europe

Europe has a problem compared to other large economies in the world. It is lagging behind. What to do about it? The new European Commission has changed priorities compared to the previous one - more on the economy, less on the climate. How does this suit the Czech Republic and how should it approach it? Deputy director of EUROPEUM Institute Viktor Daněk commented for podcast Ranní brífink of Hospodářské noviny.

I think that the European Commission is moving in the right direction. On our behalf, we certainly welcome the fact that competitiveness is the first priority. It is an encouraging sign that, after the earlier pressure on ambition in climate policy, we are now looking more closely at how Czech and European industry is able to cope and finance. On the other hand, we see a potential risk in the fact that political reality has not changed as much as Ursula von der Leyen probably expected.

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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.