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Talks are under way in Italy about forming a new government. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned and with him the entire government cabinet. However, the outgoing Prime Minister believes that he will be able to form the coalition again. Alexandr Lagazzi, a research associate of our EUROPEUM institute, talks more about this topic.

The European Union is concerned about the slowdown in the supply of vaccines. Following Pfizer's announcement of the problem, there has been information that AstraZeneca may not be able to provide the vaccines in the notified quantities. Vladimír Bartovic, director of our EUROPEUM institute, talks about how the European Union will cope with this situation.

We invite you to another debate in the Café Evropa format on Personal Responsibility in the Fight against Climate Change - How can each of us contribute to the fulfillment of the Green Agreement? The debate is organized by the European Commission in the Czech Republic, the Office of the European Parliament in the Czech Republic and the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy. The media partner of the debate is Deník.cz.

Join a debate organised by Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ/CFA) with Institut Montaigne in cooperation with EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy and other partners. The debate will take place on January 28 at 4 PM in Zoom, you have to register to be able to attend.

We are delighted to announce the launch of a project focused on support for independent Serbian journalists reporting on Serbia’s EU integration process, its obstacles in the field of democratic governance, and the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms, including the freedom of media. The project is supported by the Transition Promotion Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and implemented together with the Centre for Contemporary Politics from Serbia.

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, the leading think-tank on European policy within the Czech Republic with offices in Prague and Brussels, is looking to hire an economic researcher. See the attached PDF for requirements and more information. Application deadline: 14 February.

Our institute is a professional guarantor of the National Convention on EU Affairs on the topic of the new Pact on migration and asylum and the future of migration policy, which will take place on January 29 in an online environment.

In his blog post, Tom Baker discusses the EU's trade agenda in 2021 and what development can we expect this year.

In her blog post, our intern Charlotte Bufano discusses what rejoining the Paris Agreement means for EU climate ambition?

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy kindly invites you to the very first debate from the Café Evropa series of this year. This time, our guests will discuss the topic of vaccination against coronavirus and all the myths and facts linked to it. The debate will take place on Wednesday 20 January from 5:30 PM and will be broadcasted online on our Facebook page.

On Monday, January 18, Martin Vokálek, deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, was a guest on the broadcast of Radio Z. He commented on the current controversy surrounding the possibility of Belarus hosting the Ice Hockey Championship.

Last year showed that the Czech Republic is able to effectively promote its interests at the European level, provided that it clearly defines its goals. However, it continues to resign itself to influencing major pan-European debates and focus only on partial national goals. At the same time, it has achieved different results depending on the type of European policy involved. Article is written for Info.cz by our researcher Vít Havelka.