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Rádio Expres | Political turnaround in the EU: Populists strengthen and changes in France and Belgium

June 10, 2024

In Europe populist and far-right parties strengthened in several member states. The European elections brought changes at the national level. France faces early elections, and the Belgian Prime Minister announced his resignation. Project Coordinator and Analyst from EUROPEUM Institute Filip Křenek, commented for Slovak Rádio Expres.

iROZHLAS.cz: Draghi, the 'stabiliser of Italian politics', at a crossroads. He must resolve government disagreements or call early elections

July 20, 2022

Italy is facing a government crisis. Prime Minister Draghi has announced his resignation, but the president has not accepted the resignation. Alexandr Lagazzi, our associate research fellow, commented for iRozhlas.cz on the current political situation in Italy and the related resignation of Draghi.

E15: The fall of Johnson threatens the British economy. Ex-minister Sunak may become the new prime minister

July 08, 2022

Martin Vokálek, Executive Director of EUROPEUM, commented for E15 on the fall of the British Prime Minister. Why is he not surprised by his resignation and how does he perceive British political culture?

EURACTIV: Babis’ defeat will weaken the link between Prague and Budapest

October 13, 2021

Our director Zdeněk Beránek spoke about the relations between Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his Hungarian counterpart Victor Orbán. Both are harsh critics of the EU institutions. However, the defeat of Babiš in recent parliamentary elections could hurt relations between the capitals.

EU MONITOR: Backsliding of democracy in Slovenia under right-wing populist Janez Janša

April 27, 2020

In his latest EU Monitor, Žiga Faktor examines the backsliding of democracy in Slovenia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Press release: EU as a favorite scapegoat at the time of COVID-19 and why the truth is now more important than ever

April 10, 2020

Mauro Ferrari's alleged resignation as President of the European Research Council (ERC) relaunched the Eurosceptic debate on whether the EU failed during the coronavirus crisis. The story was eagerly taken over by the media and politicians as evidence of satisfaction and justification; satisfaction for their false narratives of the EU's lack of response and justification of their own neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Democrat: República Checa: Crise política iniciada pelo CSSD favorece ascensão de Andrej Babis à liderança do governo

October 18, 2017

Our Zuzana Stuchlíková commented on the political situation in the Czech Republic for the Portuguese magazine "The Democrat".