In order for the green transformation to be successful, its social impact must also be addressed. But how do you achieve both carbon neutrality and social reconciliation in an unequal system? Our senior researcher Kateřina Davidová answers this question in her analysis for the journal International Politics.
Show moreOn Wednesday, June 7, a debate took place as part of the Café Evropa cycle, on the topic: "Turkey after the elections, which direction will it go?". The invitation to the debate was accepted by Lucia Najšlová, political scientist and author of the book Turkey and the EU: The Politics of Belonging, as well as by Deník N journalist Dominika Píhová and Břetislav Tureček, head of the Center for Middle East Studies at the Metropolitan University in Prague. The debate was moderated by Žiga Faktor, the head of the Brussels office of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.
Show moreVe středu 7. června se uskutečnila debata v rámci cyklu Café Evropa, a to na téma: „Turecko po volbách, jakým směrem se bude ubírat?“. Pozvání na debatu přijala Lucia Najšlová, politoložka a autorka knihy Turkey and the EU: The Politics of Belonging, dále novinářka Deníku N Dominika Píhová a Břetislav Tureček, vedoucí Centra pro studium Blízkého východu na Metropolitní univerzitě v Praze. Debatu moderoval Žiga Faktor, jenž je vedoucím bruselské kanceláře Institutu pro evropskou politiku EUROPEUM.
Show moreIn matters of migration and internal affairs, voting in the EU is made by a qualified majority. However, representatives of Hungary and Poland are in favor of a unanimous decision. For Radiožurnál, our senior researcher Vít Havelka commented on the issues of the new EU migration policy.
Show moreWe would like to invite you to a debate entitled "The European Union, the Geopolitics of Enlargement and the European Political Community ", which will take place on Monday 12 June at the French Institute in Prague at 17:30.
Show moreWe cordially invite you to the next debate in the Café Evropa online series, this time on the topic "Turkey after the elections - what direction will Turkey take?". The debate will take place on Wednesday 7 June.
Show moreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently leading the election over opposition candidate Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. But the voters will decide on the Turkish president in 14 days. Žiga Faktor, head of the Brussels office of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Politics, commented on the course of the elections for Český Rozhlas Plus.
Show moreThe dilemma between the green economy and living standards should not exist at all. But the notion of a " fair transition" would have to become a principle motivating policy at home and in the EU.
Show moreDisinformation and foreign interference have been concerns in global politics for centuries, but social media algorithms have made the current threat more dire as they amplify content based on human frailties such as our obsession with negativity and outrage. Russian interference in the 2016 US federal election and other elections and referenda in at least twenty countries between November 2016 and April 2019, including the Brexit referendum, the French and German elections, and the Ukrainian power grid cyber-attacks, have highlighted the potential for foreign governments to alter the results of an election or undermine democracies using social media and other means. Writes Jakub Ferenčík in his last EU MONITOR.
Show more PDFFerenc Németh, a researcher on the politics, security and integration of the Western Balkans, has written a policy paper under the project Think Visegrad in Brussels. In it he examines Serbia's foreign policy towards the European Union after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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