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On September 9, 2026, the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, together with the organization Lobbio, organized a hybrid roundtable in Brussels focused on the future of European migration policy following the adoption of the Pact on Migration and Asylum.

What does the current closer relationship between Canada and the EU mean? What future holds for transatlantic relations, and what geopolitical challenges will the 27 EU member states face in the coming year? After the summer break, join us for a public debate at the Europa Experience center, where we’ll discuss the latest developments in the European Parliament and Ursula von der Leyen’s debate with MEPs on the state of the European Union and its future direction.

EU enlargement is currently one of the priorities in Brussels. According to Jana Faktor Juzová, an expert on EU enlargement and the Balkan region and an Associate Researcher at the EUROPEUM Institute, the far right in the EU could interfere with the enlargement process, as she explains in the “Bruselské chlebíčky” podcast, among other things.

The European Commission has suspended the payment of a portion of agricultural subsidies to companies within the Agrofert group due to a potential conflict of interest involving Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. However, the State Agricultural Intervention Fund continues to pay financial support to the holding company and has not even suspended the processing of further applications. Martin Vokálek, Executive Director and head of the Brussels branch of the EUROPEUM Institute, warned that if the fund continues to pay subsidies to companies within the Agrofert holding, it risks a major problem.

The project aims to engage, inform and build capacity of Czech journalists and editors in the context of EU climate policy and green transition as applied in Czechia. The project builds on the first edition of the Green Broadcast which was developed in the first half of 2025.

There has been an ongoing debate on the nature of futures studies, its ambition to evolve into an autonomous field of research and application and what might constitute the core concerns and features of futures studies. At the same time, there is an understanding that strategic foresight remains “an art as much if not more so than a science”, writes Imrich Marton.

The security climate surrounding the EU has worsened, which has also impacted the EU’s information environment. The European Union External Action Service has reframed disinformation as an external threat, specifically examining the vulnerability of core democratic processes and regulatory frameworks to foreign interference, writes Asya Metodieva.

Are you interested in climate protection and the green transition? Do you have previous experience with research projects and climate-related topics? Would you like to work in an international team? Read on—this job opening might be just for you!

On August 21, we traditionally commemorate the invasion by Soviet troops and the end of Czechoslovakia’s path toward freedom. But where do we stand today—what threats does today’s Russia pose to us?

In the coming months, the European Commission will assess whether the Czech Republic has properly defined and proposed the acceleration zones. However, the first case from the Olomouc region already shows that the zones are more likely to restrict wind power projects than to facilitate them. Filip Křenek, an Associate Research Fellow at the EUROPEUM Institute, provided commentary for Ekonews.

Come join us for the next live recording of the Café Evropa podcast! This time, the topic is conversion therapy—our guests will discuss why it is dangerous and why the public shouldn’t ignore it.

This blog written by Kristina Anna Gřešáková, an intern at EUROPEUM Institute, argues that meaningful links are best understood as a partial safeguard. They can make relocation more responsive to applicants' family and social realities, but they cannot determine the outcome. Their practical value will depend on whether national authorities treat them as a genuine matching factor rather than a formal box-ticking exercise.