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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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.týždeň: Senators are against Miloš Zeman's policies. He is an embarrassment and violates the Constitution

June 23, 2021

The director of the EUROPEUM Institute, Vladimír Bartovic, commented for the Slovak magazine .týždeň on the constitutional lawsuit filed by senators against Czech President Miloš Zeman.

Česká televize: Fight for Agrofert

June 17, 2021

The head of our Brussels office, Žiga Faktor, commented on the conflict of interest of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in connection with the misuse of EU funds.

EURACTIV: The debate on the future of the EU cannot be expected to attract massive interest in the Czech Republic

June 17, 2021

Our research associate Zuzana Stuchlíková was a guest on the podcast Europe Up Close (EURACTIV), where she discussed the Conference on the Future of Europe from the Czech perspective.

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!

INVITATION: EU ± // European foreign policy in the context of Belarus

June 14, 2021

We invite you to the EU debate ± on the European foreign policy in the Belarusian context. The debate is organized with the support of Jean Monnet Chair TeDEUSS - Teaching and debating EU small states' security at FSV UK and co-financed by the European Union's Europe for Citizens program.

INVITATION: What EU do we want to have in 2025? - European Trade Policy

June 17, 2021

We would like to invite you to another debate from the series "What EU do we want to have in 2025?" This time we will discuss the topic of European Trade Policy. The debate will take place on Thursday, 17 June 2021 from 17:30.

EU MONITOR: Conference on the Future of Europe: Czech Perspective

June 09, 2021

In the new EU MONITOR, our research fellow Vít Havelka comments on the Conference on the Future of Europe from the perspective of the Czech Republic. He mentions the approach of the Czech government and the public to the policies debated at the Conference.

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EU MONITOR: Konference o budoucnosti Evropy z perspektivy České republiky

June 09, 2021

V novém EU MONITORU náš výzkumný pracovník Vít Havelka komentuje Konferenci o budoucnosti Evropy z perspektivy České republiky. V této souvislosti zmiňuje přístup vlády a české veřejnosti k politikám debatovaným na Konferenci.

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