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RTVS | Mandate for Mateusz Morawiecki to form a government in Poland

November 07, 2023

Poland's election winner and former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki will form the government again. What are the obstacles Morawiecki will face in the next two weeks? Our deputy director Viktor Danek answers these questions on AKTUÁLNE :24.

ČRo Plus | Party candidates for the European elections, end of subsidies for the renewable component of electricity prices

November 02, 2023

The deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute, Viktor Daněk, appeared on the ČRo Plus broadcast today and selected interesting topics from the current editions of the morning press.

Právo | Tusk's death sentence over the V4

October 27, 2023

The alliance between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland is weakening more and more and the possibility of a Donald Tusk's government in Poland will certainly not help the V4 to come together again. Viktor Daněk, deputy director of EUROPEUM, commented on this topic for the newspaper Právo.

RTVS | Post-election negotiations in Poland

October 24, 2023

Polish president Andrzej Duda has begun post-election consultations about new government with the winner of the elections, Law and Justice, although it seems that oposition Civic coalition has a higher chance of forming a government. Our deputy director Viktor Daněk commented on the post-election negotiations and future of Poland in an interview with RTVS.

TV Nova | Poland has almost half of the votes counted. The opposition has a chance to form a government

October 16, 2023

The polish elections are over. Preliminary estimates show that Jarosław Kaczyński's Law and Justice party should win, but it is not clear whether it will be able to form a government. Before all the votes are counted, our deputy director Viktor Danek commented on the situation in an interview with TV Nova.

DELO: A social democrat according to Orbán and Putin's wishes

October 02, 2023

What could Robert Fico's return to the head of Slovakian government mean for the European Union? Žiga Faktor, director of our office in Brussels, commented on the topic on Saturday for the Slovenian newspaper DELO.

RevivEU

September 27, 2023

RevivEU project, carried out by four leading institutions in the V4 countries, looks at the needs, concerns and fears of the V4 citizens in four various EU-related topics. It does so through both quantitative and qualitative research of citizens´ attitudes towards climate change, migration, covid-19 and the rule of law. It also analyses the governmental policies in these four main areas and how the communication of these policies is framed in the public discourse.

EURACTIV | Sánchez's resigned government will probably manage the EU presidency, betting on small ambitions

September 12, 2023

The Czechs remember very well what it is like to preside over the EU Council without a stable government. The Spanish, however, have kind of counted on this scenario and their presidency is therefore not very ambitious. Nevertheless, they have to fulfill some important tasks. Read what Jana Juzová, Senior Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, has to say.

Policy Paper | Quo Vadis? Ensuring fair taxation in the digital economy

July 26, 2023

In her policy paper, our Junior Researcher, Silke Maes, discusses the challenges posed by the increasing digitalization of the economy to tax systems. It highlights the problems of tax avoidance and competition arising from the increasing reliance on intangible assets and the emergence of highly profitable digital business models. The paper focuses on the efforts made at the OECD, EU, and national levels to address these issues.

INVITATION | Café Evropa: What does the EU do for the rights and protection of LGBT+ people?

August 09, 2023

We cordially invite you to the next debate in the Café Evropa online series, this time on the topic "What does the EU do for the rights and protection of LGBT+ people?". The debate will take place on Wednesday 9 August.