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Vít Havelka

Senior Research Fellow

Vít Havelka

Senior Research Fellow

Vít Havelka is a Ph.D. student at the Department of European Studies, Institute of International Relations, Charles University in Prague. Mr. Havelka focuses on institutional relations of the EU and its member states, the EU budget, Europeanisation, and the transformative power of the EU. Since 2016 Vít Havelka was employed as the Political Officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Prague, and from February 2018 he is a Research Fellow at EUROPEUM.

RTVS | Summit of V4 Prime Ministers in Prague

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28. 2. 2024
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met separately ahead of the Visegrad Group summit in Prague, where the main points of discussion were the war in Ukraine and energy security. Vít Havelka, an analyst at EUROPEUM Institute, commented on the position of the Hungarian or Slovak Prime Minister and the overall direction of the Visegrad Group for Slovakian television RTVS.

ČT24 | Leaders of twenty countries to discuss aid to Ukraine

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26. 2. 2024
What can we expect from the upcoming summit in terms of aid to Ukraine? Vít Havelka, an analyst at EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, describes possible developments of the negotiations for ČT24.

ČRo Plus | Vít Havelka comments on STEM survey on European integration

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26. 2. 2024
How much people in the Czech Republic trust the European Union and what does this tell us about the mood in society? Why is economic prosperity and security so important to the Czechs? Vít Havelka comments on the STEM sociological survey for Czech Radio Plus.

TN.cz | The European Union approves the Migration Pact. Czech Republic abstained

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13. 2. 2024
EU Member States reached agreement on a migration pact to improve migration control and speed up the return of failed asylum seekers. The Czech Republic abstained in the vote and Prime Minister Petr Fiala has expressed concern about the proposed changes, which he says increase the administrative burden on states. Senior researcher Vít Havelka spoke to TN.cz about the issue.

CNN Prima News | Orban backs down, EU to help Ukraine

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2. 2. 2024
To the surprise of many experts, Orbán decided not to prolong and complicate the negotiations at the EU summit, which in record time reached a unanimous decision on another aid package for Ukraine. Our senior research fellow Vít Havelka spoke about the situation on air.

RTVS | Orbán finally agrees to help Ukraine

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2. 2. 2024
Vít Havelka, Senior Research Fellow, appeared on the RTVS World:24 programme, where he commented on the European aid to Ukraine, which was eventually supported by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

iDnes.cz | COMMENTARY: Quartet on the European budget - it is useless, isn't it?

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2. 2. 2024
Along with the discussion of the revision of the seven-year budget of the European Union (EU), statements that the budget is too big and unnecessary have once again appeared in the public space. Moreover, the EU is now borrowing to run itself because it is unable to make ends meet. It is worth recalling what the EU budget is for and why it is important to have one, writes Vít Havelka, a researcher at Europeum.

E15 | The dispute over money for Ukraine is coming to a head. The security of the whole continent is at stake, warns an expert

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1. 2. 2024
The presidents and heads of government of the European Union countries will try to secure additional financial and military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros (about 1.2 trillion crowns) at their extraordinary meeting starting on Thursday in Brussels. This has been blocked by Hungary since last December. Vít Havelka, a senior research fellow, answers why this summit could be a turning point.

ČRo Plus | Rule of Law and Budapest's approach to negotiations on joint funding and support for Ukraine

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18. 1. 2024
Listen to an interview with Vít Havelka, Senior Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, in which he comments on the European Parliament's harshest resolution yet against Hungary, specifically its legal status and Budapest's approach to negotiations on joint funding and support for Ukraine.

ČT24 | Second day of the European Council Summit

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15. 12. 2023
Senior Research Fellow Vít Havelka commented and evaluated the European Council Summit on ČT24.

ČT24 | EU ministers discuss changes to debt and budget rules

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8. 12. 2023
EU finance ministers in Brussels discuss a new reform of the fiscal policy and debt reduction rules. Our research fellow Vít Havelka presented the future changes to the legislation in an interview for ČT24.

ČRo Plus I Czech president named one of the most influential European personalities of the year by Politico

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29. 11. 2023
The Brussels daily Politico named Petr Pavel one of the most important European political figures of the year. Our senior researcher Vít Havelka commented on the reasons for this designation.
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