Spain

The Czechs remember very well what it is like to preside over the EU Council without a stable government. The Spanish, however, have kind of counted on this scenario and their presidency is therefore not very ambitious. Nevertheless, they have to fulfill some important tasks. Read what Jana Juzová, Senior Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, has to say.

In an article for Reflex, Michal Hrubý, our researcher and energy expert, commented on the so-called Iberian Way, which is being followed by Portugal and Spain in the field of energy. By capping gas prices, both countries have managed to achieve that - in simple terms - an extremely high gas price does not affect the price of electricity. However, there are pitfalls to this, which our expert has just commented on.

Miroslava Pěčková analyses, in her new blog, the situation of Catalonia's autonomy and relations with Spain.

In an interview for ČT24, our Research Fellow Michal Vít commented on the current crisis in Spain triggered by the Catalan independence referendum.

Vladimír Bartovic was a guest of Czech Radio Plus, where he talked about financial sanctions against Spain and Portugal for their high state budget deficit. Over the past two years, both countries failed to keep the deficit under the limit of three percent of national GDP that is binding for all Eurozone member states.

Vladimír Bartovic was a guest of Czech Radio Plus, where he talked about financial sanctions against Spain and Portugal for their high state budget deficit. Over the past two years, both countries failed to keep the deficit under the limit of three percent of national GDP that is binding for all Eurozone member states.