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Blesk: Epicentre: Zeman's outrageous insults of transgender people. And why hasn't the Czech Republic stood up for homosexuals?

June 29, 2021

The new Hungarian legislation has provoked a stormy reaction from the EU leadership. It bans education about sexual minorities in schools. However, the Czech Republic is one of the countries that has so far refused to join in the criticism of Hungary. In an interview with CNN Prima News on Sunday, President Miloš Zeman criticised women's political rights activists, the Me Too movement against sexual harassment and sexual minority events such as Prague Pride. His words that he finds transgender people "truly disgusting" have already gone around the world. Is the Czech Republic a progressive and liberal country, as Prime Minister Andrej Babiš claims? What are the implications of the condemnatory words of the head of state? These were the topics of Tuesday's Epicentre with Vladimír Bartovic, director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.

POLICY REPORT: The perspectives of the Czech automotive industry's decarbonization

June 28, 2021

Our Research Fellow Michal Hrubý examines the current state of the Czech automotive industry and its possible decarbonisation in connection with emissions. He divides his recommendations into five points - bolster green investments, financial incentives are the change-drivers, boost charging infrastructure, support the corporate BEVs fleet market and a ban on ICEVs is not the solution per se. The policy report was written within the project Decarbonisation of the automotive industry in the Czech Republic.

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New Europe: Biden’s European tour has brought the US back to its Western allies and drawn red lines with Putin

June 22, 2021

Our project manager Miroslava Pisklová wrote an article for the New Europe website on Biden's European tour, which culminated in a meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Geneva.

INVITATION: Café Evropa Online: COVID-19 Passports - how will we travel in the summer?

June 22, 2021

We kindly invite you to another debate within the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic: "Covid Certificates - how will we travel in the summer?" The debate is organized by the European Commission in the Czech Republic and the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in cooperation with Eurocentrum Prague. The media partner of the debate is Deník.cz. The debate will take place online on Tuesday 22 June from 5.30 pm. We look forward to your participation!

Deník N: The green transformation of European economies is a new industrial revolution, the Prague Climate Talks experts say

June 15, 2021

This year's second debate of Prague Climate Talks discussed the European Green Deal, which commits Europe to becoming a climate-neutral continent by 2050. According to an expert discussion at which our Research Fellow Kateřina Davidová spoke, it will not be an easy task.

INVITATION: Café Evropa Online: The future of railway transport - when will we run high-speed trains in the Czech Republic?

June 08, 2021

We invite you to another debate within the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic: "The future of railway transport - when will we run high-speed trains in the Czech Republic?" The debate is organized by the European Commission in the Czech Republic and the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in cooperation with Eurocentrum Prague. The media partner of the debate is Deník.cz.

RECOMMENDATION: National Convention on EU Affairs: Strategic autonomy of the European Union

June 07, 2021

We bring you a summary and recommendations resulting from the National Convention on the EU on strategic autonomy of the European Union, which took place on May 22 in the online environment and of which our institute is a guarantor.

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INVITATION: Strengthening the transatlantic relationship in response to geopolitical challengers - Russia and China

May 26, 2021

We invite you to an online debate organised by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy as a part of Transatlantic Policy Forum (TAPF) and with support of International Visegrad Fund. The debate will take place online on June 7 from 17:30 on our Facebook.

POLICY PAPER: Citizenship and residency by investment in the EU

May 19, 2021

In her policy paper, our research assistant Rose Hartwig-Peillon addresses the issue of granting citizenship and residency. Hartwig-Peillon calls for a major redesign of the existing programs and for an EU-wide debate on the schemes at the occasion of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

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National Convention on EU Affairs: Strategic autonomy of the European Union

May 18, 2021

Our institute is a guarantee of the National Convention on EU Affairs on the topic of Strategic autonomy of the European Union, which will take place online on Friday 21 May.

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