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E15 | The dispute over money for Ukraine is coming to a head. The security of the whole continent is at stake, warns an expert

February 01, 2024

The presidents and heads of government of the European Union countries will try to secure additional financial and military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros (about 1.2 trillion crowns) at their extraordinary meeting starting on Thursday in Brussels. This has been blocked by Hungary since last December. Vít Havelka, a senior research fellow, answers why this summit could be a turning point.

Finmag: An unequal fight with the USA. Czech industry must turn green to survive

March 13, 2023

Relatively unnoticed, in August of last year, the Congress of the United States of America voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This decision may be one of the most important steps in the fight against climate change this decade. Inflation Reduction Act is a massive investment package that can fundamentally affect the current approach of Europe and other countries to green transformation. The transition to clean technologies, research, development, and production, can no longer be perceived purely as a question of reducing emissions, but also as a question of maintaining competitiveness on the global market. The green race has started and the Czech Republic should step up.

Seznam zprávy: Money or the planet? Green politics can do both

February 21, 2023

The dilemma between the green economy and living standards should not exist at all. But the notion of a " fair transition" would have to become a principle motivating policy at home and in the EU.

Kam pak?: The EU throws money at us and we don't use it, says an expert on climate and energy

September 22, 2022

Energy and climate crisis, rising electricity prices. Is the European Union taking sufficient and correct steps in this energy situation? In podcast Kam pak? our senior researcher Kateřina Davidová commented on the current situation and the future. In the podcast, they discussed the current rising energy prices, the green transformation and different approaches to sustainability.

E15: Dutch PM wants to take EU money away from Poland. He wants to freeze Dutch money from Poland

October 14, 2021

Zdeněk Beranek, Director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, commented for the news portal E15 on the statement of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the rejection of the Polish National Recovery Plan. Poland would lose €36 billion, roughly CZK 914 billion, in EU funds. However, according to Zdeněk Beránek, such a scenario is not imminent.

Info.cz: Money only for member states respecting the rule of law. What exactly does the final agreement of the European leaders mean?

December 14, 2020

Our research fellow Vít Havelka together with Vít Dostál recently commented on the news portal Info.cz on the final agreement on the European budget - especially the demands of Hungary and Poland.

Info.cz: Where to get money? The Union has been reminded of a long-standing dilemma

November 27, 2020

Our research fellow Vít Havelka recently published an article on the news portal Info.cz dealing with the financial resources of the European Union – particularly its own resources which aim to ensure financial independence of the EU on Member States.

Info.cz: European integration is deepening. Thanks to a higher budget, the EU will have more influence

September 22, 2020

Our Vítek Havelka is the author of an article-commentaryfor the news portal Info.cz. His text deals with the analysis of the trend of deepening European integration, following the agreement on the European budget and the rescue package.

Euractiv: V4 mayors are lobbying in Brussels for money from the recovery fund. Does the metropolitan alliance have a chance of success?

August 04, 2020

For Euractiv, Jana Juzová commented on the efforts of the alliance of mayors of the Visegrad Group to obtain money from the recovery fund for metropolises.

Hospodářské noviny: Either money or migrants

December 12, 2016

Our research fellow Michal Vít talks with Hospodářské noviny about the situation of the migration crisis in the Balkans.