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Report | Café Evropa: European commemoration of the Shoah and the fight against anti-Semitism

April 03, 2023

A debate on the European commemoration of the victims of the Shoah and the fight against anti-Semitism took place as part of the Café Evropa debate series. What is the path to a Czech national strategy to fight anti-Semitism and is a European culture of Shoah remembrance possible? You can read a summary of the outcomes of the individual guests in the report written by our intern Barbora Jehličková.

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National Convention on the EU | Background paper: review of the European energy market

March 30, 2023

Vít Havelka, Rebeka Hengalová, and Katarína Svitková prepared a background paper for the National Convention on the EU Round Table on the Review of the European Energy Market. How can the EC proposal for the revision of the European electricity market be assessed from the Czech Republic's perspective? How can the revision of the internal gas market rules be assessed in the context of the energy crisis? How should the EU prepare for the coming winter?

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POLICY PAPER | The EU-Mercosur trade agreement, will it ever reach a green end?

March 29, 2023

In her policy paper, Benedetta Milani discusses the trade agreement between the EU and the South American trade bloc Mercosur. Trade between the EU and Mercosur will have to wait some time before it is approved, because the agreement must be backed by the national parliaments of the 27 EU Member States and the 4 Mercosur partner countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay).

Policy Paper | SUMP IT UP: Prague Moving towards Sustainable Urban Mobility

March 28, 2023

Katarína Svitková, our research associate, wrote a policy paper on sustainable mobility in Prague. According to Katarína, cities play an important role in reducing the carbon footprint. Therefore, one of the key areas to focus on is urban transport.

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Studio ČT24: Second day of European Council's summit

March 27, 2023

Our researcher Vít Havelka for Studio ČT24 evaluated the second day of the EU summit in Brussels. The most important topics were the consecration of the supply of ammunition to Ukraine financed by the European Union, as well as the discussion of the shape of the single market and the reaction to the American package to limit inflation.

RTVS: Tense situation in France

March 22, 2023

Our senior researcher Klára Votavová described the tense situation in France, where protests over pension reform have been ongoing for several weeks.

INVITATION | EU-Pacific Talks: Be small and beautiful - future of nuclear energy?

March 28, 2023

We would like to invite you to the EU-Pacific Talks: Be small and beautiful - future of nuclear energy, which will take place on 28 March at 15:00 online on our Facebook page.

Job Offer: Head of Research

March 14, 2023

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is looking for a Head of Research. For more information, including requirements, please see the attached PDF.

Finmag: An unequal fight with the USA. Czech industry must turn green to survive

March 13, 2023

Relatively unnoticed, in August of last year, the Congress of the United States of America voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This decision may be one of the most important steps in the fight against climate change this decade. Inflation Reduction Act is a massive investment package that can fundamentally affect the current approach of Europe and other countries to green transformation. The transition to clean technologies, research, development, and production, can no longer be perceived purely as a question of reducing emissions, but also as a question of maintaining competitiveness on the global market. The green race has started and the Czech Republic should step up.

INVITATION | Café Evropa online: EU-China relations - will the current crisis transform the relationship between the two great powers?

March 10, 2023

We would like to invite you to an online debate as part of the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic "EU-China relations - will the current crisis transform the relationship between the two great powers?" The debate will take place on Monday 20 March at 17:30 online on our Facebook page.