Articles Archive

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.

On 15 July 2026, the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, in cooperation with the Think Visegrad Platform, organised a roundtable discussion in Brussels entitled Hungary's European Reset? Implications for the EU and the Future of V4 Cooperation. The discussion focused on the implications of Hungary's political transition for democratic governance, the rule of law, the country's relationship with the European Union, and the future of regional cooperation within the Visegrád Four.

The EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is launching a large-scale communication, awareness, and mobilization project titled "The Czech Republic in 2050" (Česko v roce 2050). The aim is to initiate a broad public dialogue across generations and regions regarding the long-term strategic vision for the Czech Republic within the EU and NATO. The first activities will become visible this autumn.

This blog post written by Research Assistant at EUROPEUM Institute Lasya Gudur examines two central fairness concerns raised by the use of AI in EU asylum procedures - the discrepancy between the reasoning used by AI and the individualized judgement asylum decisions require and the lack of transparency and explainability in automated decision-support systems. It then considers whether the EU AI Act, in its current form, is equipped to address these challenges.

What is Hungary’s future direction within the European Union? And how will any changes affect cooperation among the Visegrad Group countries? We will address these questions on July 15 during a roundtable discussion at the EUROPEUM Institute’s Brussels office. We are organizing this event in collaboration with the Think Visegrad Platform.

Join us for another discussion following the European Parliament’s plenary session. This time, the topic is passenger rights—and how the newly approved rules for their protection in air travel will help them. This Monday, July 13, at Europa Experience, Národní 10.

Ireland is taking over the presidency of the EU Council—one of its most difficult tasks will be negotiating the next seven-year financial framework. Martin Vokálek, executive director of EUROPEUM Institute and head of its Brussels office, commented on the matter for CNN Prima News.

The annual conference on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction is taking place in Gdańsk, Poland. The prime minister of the war-torn country expects more than 160 agreements worth over 240 billion crowns to be signed there. What significance does this conference have for Ukraine’s future reconstruction? And is signing more than 160 agreements even a realistic scenario? Filip Křenek, a Research Associate Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, provided commentary for the Headline program.

These dossiers highlight best practices from across the EU in industrial decarbonisation, featuring projects ranging from primary extraction to recycling of structural metals and CRMs. Three out of the five cases presented have been designated by the European Commission as ‘strategic projects’ under the EU CRM Act.

We are looking for an experienced project manager to join our international team in the Prague Office.

Illegal migration remains a long-standing major problem in the European Union, for which member states are constantly seeking common and effective solutions. A significant step in this regard could be the entry into force in June of the new migration pact and the agreement between the European Parliament and the member states on a new regulation in the field of migration. Come join the discussion on Monday, June 22.