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Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic: Should the Czech Republic pursue autonomy from the V4 and collaborate closer with the EU?

February 08, 2021

In her blog post, Liliana Kotval discusses the approach of the Czech Republic and other V4 countries to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and their cooperation with the EU.

Checkpoint: A Danish recipe for coping with a pandemic: people trust the government, it trusts them

February 05, 2021

European vaccination champion. This is what Denmark is talking about and how it is coping with the current coronavirus crisis. What makes the Danes so successful? What does their government communication look like and why do Danish citizens trust their government? These questions are answered in the Checkpoint podcast by Christian Kvorning Lassen, Deputy Director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.

POLICY PAPER: Albanian judiciary under construction

February 04, 2021

In a policy paper, Megi Bakiasi deals with the judiciary reform in Albania, including the European dimension of reform, and presents recommendations for addressing its shortcomings.

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Pravda.sk: Will Matovič sweeten Central Europe for Macron?

February 04, 2021

The director of our institute, Vladimír Bartovic, commented for the daily Pravda.sk on a meeting between the Slovak Prime Minister Matovič and the French President Macron.

INVITATION: Café Evropa Online: The European strategy for LGBTI+ citizens' equality - will discrimination be reduced in all EU countries?

February 09, 2021

We invite you to another debate in the Café Evropa format on the European strategy for LGBTI+ citizens' equality - will discrimination be reduced in all EU countries? 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, February 9 on our Facebook.

EU defence spending amid pandemic: budget cuts in challenging times

February 03, 2021

In his blog post, Vojtěch Freitag deals with the budget cuts in EU defence due to the pandemic crisis.

2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index: EUROPEUM is the best think tank in the Czech Republic for the fourth time in a row, it has improved globally

February 01, 2021

For the fourth time in a row, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is the best think tank in the Czech Republic. EUROPEUM also maintained second place in Central and Eastern Europe and improved in the global comparison, where it climbed 32 places in the worldwide category of non-US think tanks, according to the Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) 2020 report of the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program (TTCSP) of the University of Pennsylvania.

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TA3: Analyst A. Lagazzi on the formation of a new Italian government

January 29, 2021

Talks are under way in Italy about forming a new government. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned and with him the entire government cabinet. However, the outgoing Prime Minister believes that he will be able to form the coalition again. Alexandr Lagazzi, a research associate of our EUROPEUM institute, talks more about this topic.

Supporting media freedom in Serbia in relation to the EU accession process

January 28, 2021

We are delighted to announce the launch of a project focused on support for independent Serbian journalists reporting on Serbia’s EU integration process, its obstacles in the field of democratic governance, and the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms, including the freedom of media. The project is supported by the Transition Promotion Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and implemented together with the Centre for Contemporary Politics from Serbia.

America back in business: What rejoining the Paris Agreement means for EU climate ambition?

January 22, 2021

In her blog post, our intern Charlotte Bufano discusses what rejoining the Paris Agreement means for EU climate ambition?