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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: EU does not face a migration crisis such as the one in 2015 and 2016

June 21, 2021

Deputy Director and Head of Research of EUROPEUM Christian Kvorning Lassen commented on the current migration situation in the EU for the Czech Television.

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!

Příbramský deník: EuropaSecura national round in Brdy. The students reached the bottom of their strength

June 15, 2021

Last week, a national round of the EuropaSecura high school competition took place in Brdy in cooperation with the Czech Army and the Ministry of Defense. Martin Vokálek, Deputy Director of our Institute, commented on the event in an article in the Příbramský deník.

REPORT: Online Expert Exchange: Visegrad perspectives on the "Fit for 55" climate package

May 30, 2021

On May 20th 2021, Think Visegrad Platform organised a closed roundtable entitled “Visegrad perspectives on the "Fit for 55" climate package”. The meeting was conducted online and was held under the Chatham House rules. The debate focused on the Central and Eastern European countries’ perceptions of the EU 2030 climate targets, establishing at least 55% emissions cut compared to 1990 levels, and the challenges the V4 countries will face when implementing this new target.

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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.