COVID-19

We would like to invite you to the webinar Perceptions of the EU in Central Europe amid COVID-related crisis organized by the Think Visegrad platform which brings together 8 think-tanks from Central Europe.

In a blog post, Liliana Kotval writes about how vaccination against COVID-19 and its application in various Member States can exacerbate the phenomenon of so-called multi-speed Europe.

Director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy Vladimír Bartovic was a guest at today’s broadcast of Rádio Slovensko, where he commented on the decision made by the Slovak government led by Igor Matovič regarding the purchase of Russian vaccine Sputnik V. Vaccines, which are currently being used in the EU are properly registered, whereas the Russian one is not. Nevertheless, opinions on the vaccine differs broadly.

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.

We would like to invite you to the Think Visegrad Panel Discussion focused on the topic of "Future of the EU after Covid-19". The event will take place on Wednesday 11 November between 16:00–17:15 via Zoom and will be broadcasted on Facebook.

Our researcher Vít Havelka is the author of a text that deals with the topic of the European Union's response to COVID-19 and how it is perceived by Czech society.

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy cordially invites you to a debate from the Café Evropa series. The debate will focus on EU budget after the coronavirus pandemic. The debate will take place on Tuesday September 8, from 5.30 PM online on Facebook.

EUROPEUM's associate research fellow Zuzana Stuchlíková describes the impact of COVID-19 on the Conference on the Future of Europe in her EU Monitor.

Our Vít Havelka commented for ČT24 on the topic of German Council Presidency and country's desire to help the European Union to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Christian Kvorning Lassen from EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy together with Jan Kovář from Institute of International Relations Prague wrote a commentary "Czechia: This Covid-19 environment is not conducive to external solidarity" for the EPIN Report publication, concerned with EU external solidarity at the time of Covid-19.

Christian Kvorning Lassen commented on Central European countries' coronavirus response for the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad.

Our Vít Havelka for Český rozhlas Plus on the negotiations about the forms of the future European union's budgets.