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INVITATION: EU± // European policy of the new government

November 25, 2021

We would like to invite you to another debate in the EU± series on how the new government will approach the European Union and how its European policy will differ from that of Andrej Babiš. The debate will take place online on Thursday 25 November 2021 at 18:00.

Czech Interests in EU: Searching for a consensus? Green deal vs. yellow card

November 25, 2021

How do Czech politicians approach the Fit for 55 package? And what should the incoming government focus on? Michal Hrubý, an analyst at EUROPEUM, explains the search for a consensus in his commentary

Washington Examiner: Germany will continue to host US nuclear weapons, incoming government says

November 25, 2021

Despite strong anti-nuclear traditions within the major parties of the coalition, the incoming government has decided that Germany will continue to host US nuclear weapons. The EUROPEUM Director Zdeněk Beránek has commented on this topic for Washington Examiner.

EU MONITOR: Long-term Sustainability of Healthy Labour Market in EU Population Development, Immigration Stress, and their Impact

November 24, 2021

Lenka Farkačová wrote a EU MONITOR about the upcoming workforce crisis (the lack of employees not only in the case of EU countries, but also for example in the USA) and how it causes a tendency to deviate from the ideal state of long-term sustainable labour market.

iRozhlas: 'If we can't reach our goal, we will have things to answer for.' Countries are aware that the planet needs our saving

November 24, 2021

Climate policy expert and a research fellow at the EUROPEUM Institute for European policy Kateřina Davidová spoke with iRozhlas on the issue of global warming in connection with the new deal, which was agreed upon by almost 200 countries at a climate conference in Glasgow.

Evaluating Transatlantic Relations – For better or for worse?

November 22, 2021

Our Research Fellow Danielle Piatkiewicz and Project Manager Alexandra Visnerova wrote a background paper under the Transatlantic Policy Forum in which they evaluate the new transatlantic agenda and goals of both EU and the US and assess how the two sides can work closer together to tackle geopolitical challengers, align on security, trade, climate, and digital policies. The paper offers recommendations on how to strengthen the transatlantic relationship, with special emphasis placed on the Central and Eastern European region.

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National Convention on the EU: EU relations with the Eastern Neighbourhood

November 22, 2021

Our researchers Jana Juzová and Katharine Klačanský have written a background paper on EU relations with the Eastern Neighbourhood countries, in which they answer three specific questions. Should the EU continue to approach the Eastern Partnership group as a whole, or should it diversify its approach more? Should the EU develop a specific green strategy for the Eastern Neighbourhood countries and, if so, on what principles? How can the EU counter the influence of other powers (Russia, China, possibly Turkey) working against EU interests in the Eastern Neighbourhood?

Hospodářské noviny: Zeman is bothered by him, diplomats praise him. How did Lipavský attract attention in the world?

November 19, 2021

In Hospodářské noviny, the director of the Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM, Zdeněk Beránek, commented on the current foreign policy activities of Jan Lipavský, who is nominated for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

MINILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE EU: Internal Cohesion, Group Dynamics, and Voting Behaviour of Selected State Blocks

November 18, 2021

Our research fellow Vít Havelka contributed to the publication "MINILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE EU: Internal Cohesion, Group Dynamics, and Voting Behaviour of Selected State Blocks", published by the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is the author of a chapter on the Visegrad Group.

REPORT: EU-Western Balkans Summit –The Morning After

November 15, 2021

Our Jana Juzová, Alexandra Ilková, and Ondřej Pešek collaborated on the report of EU-Western Balkans Summit and its consequences. The conference took place in Carolinum on November 5, 2021. The speakers discussed relations between the European Union and Western Balkans and ways how to get the EU enlargement agenda back on track from the state of a deep crisis.