We would like to invite you to a debate on a topic "20 Years of Reuniting Europe’s East and West: Is the EU Ready for Another “Big Bang” Enlargement?" The debate will take place on Thursday, April 4, from 16:00 to 17:15 h at Prague University of Economics and Business.
Zjistit víceOn 10 and 11 April 2024, Prague will host a two-day conference entitled "20 Years of Reuniting Europe's East and West", organised by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the Think Visegrad platform and the project (Re)uniting the East and West: Reflections on the 2004 EU enlargement (REWEU) supported by the International Visegrad Fund and the European Commission. The programme will also include the second edition of the EU Enlargement Forum.
Zjistit víceVe dnech 10. a 11. dubna 2024 se v Praze uskuteční dvoudenní konference s názvem "20 Years of Reuniting Europe's East and West", kterou pořádá Institut pro evropskou politiku EUROPEUM ve spolupráci s Ministerstvem zahraničních věcí v rámci platformy Think Visegrad a projektu (Re)uniting the East and West: Reflections on the 2004 EU enlargement (REWEU) podpořených Mezinárodním visegrádským fondem a Evropskou komisí. Součástí programu bude i druhý ročník EU Enlargement Forum.
Zjistit víceThe Schengen area of free movement of goods and persons will was extended to Romania and Bulgaria from Sunday 31 March. The two countries have been waiting seventeen years for this moment, since they joined the European Union. For now, only the maritime and air borders are removed, but land borders should follow in the next few months. Viktor Daněk, deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute, commented on both the economic benefits and possible risks of partial enlargement for the daily e15.
Zjistit víceThe President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the European Commission will recommend initiation of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In recent months, reform efforts have been evident, the Bosnian government has reached agreements even with the separatist entity of Republika Srpska on key reforms. However, the conditions have not yet been fully met, and many other reforms, such as electoral system reform, are still pending. Researcher from EUROPEUM Institute, Jana Juzová, discussed it for Slovakian RTVS.
Zjistit víceCzech governments have always been strong supporters of EU enlargement, and the same is true of the current one. The cabinet of Petr Fiala of the ODS might even like to be seen as the one that has done the most of Czech governments for the accession of new members to the shared club so far.
Zjistit víceWith the opening of accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova and the granting of candidate status to Georgia, questions about the functioning of the European Union after enlargement have been raised more and more frequently recently, and it is becoming clear that the Union cannot do without significant reforms. What is the Czech Republic's position on this? Our senior researcher Jana Juzová answers this question in an article for Lidové noviny.
Zjistit více PDFAn EU summit will be held on Thursday, with the main topics to be accession talks with Ukraine and an increase in the EU budget. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán does not support further aid to Ukraine. Our researcher Jana Juzová commented on the situation for ČTK.
Zjistit víceA new policy paper, produced with the support of the Visegrad Fund project, analyses the views of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary on the further enlargement of the European Union. With the granting of candidate status to Moldova and Ukraine and the recognition of Georgia as a potential candidate in June 2022, the issue of reforming the EU accession process is becoming absolutely crucial and, in the context of the war in Ukraine, a divisive issue for the V4 countries. The authors of the publication are Jana Juzová, Ferenc Németh, Tomáš Strážay and Marta Szpala.
Zjistit víceNový policy paper, který vzniknul za podpory projektu Visegrad Fund rozebírá pohled Česka, Slovenska, Polska a Maďarska na další rozšiřování Evropské unie. S udělením statusu kandidáta na členství Moldavsku a Ukrajině a uznáním Gruzie jako potenciálního kandidáta v červnu 2022 se otázka reformy přístupového procesu do EU stává naprosto klíčovou a v kontextu války na Ukrajině je pro země V4 dělícím problémem. Autory publikace jsou Jana Juzová, Ferenc Németh, Tomáš Strážay a Marta Szpala.
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