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Carlos Gómez del Tronco

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Carlos Gómez del Tronco

Head of Programmes

Carlos Gómez del Tronco has been working at EUROPEUM since January 2025. He holds a PhD in political sociology from the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies (UCL SSEES), and an MA in International Relations and European Studies from Metropolitan University Prague. During his time at UCL SSES, he was a teaching assistant on political sociology and a predoctoral research fellow on a project on the rise of illiberalism and populism in Central and Eastern Europe. He has also worked for NGOs as a research assistant on migrants’ rights, as a project management assistant and as a pro-bono evaluation consultant.

His research interests include international migration to/in the EU and its politicisation, populism, the social psychology of intergroup relations and discourse studies.

Bulid Fair

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1. 2. 2028
BuildFair brings fairness back into the discussion by focusing on digitalisation and migration, two priorities of the EU’s Strategic Agenda 2024–2029. Digital transformation is changing the way citizens interact with governments, institutions and each other, but not everyone has the same access to digital services. Migration is an area where key EU values such as human dignity, solidarity and equality before the law are directly at stake. At the same time, debates about fairness are often pushed aside, either because digital policy is seen as too technical or because migration debates are dominated by security concerns.

EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

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31. 12. 2026
The EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform (CSP) is a forum established following the signature of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership. EU-Armenia CSP is a forum to meet and exchange views and consists of representatives of civil society on the side of the European Union and representatives of civil-society organizations, networks and platforms on the side of the Republic of Armenia. The CSP includes trade unions, employers and other civil society organisations.

Delegates in the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

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31. 10. 2026
The EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is a delegate member of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EAP-CSF).

EDGE: Edges of Democracy, Geography & Environment

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31. 10. 2026
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is part of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) network through the EDGE COST Action and was among the network's secondary proposers. The network currently brings together researchers from 24 European countries and also collaborates with partners in Canada, the United States and Hong Kong SAR. EUROPEUM is represented in the Action by its researchers, Rebeka Hengalová, Carlos Gómez del Tronco and Kristína Chlebáková.

Automaticky vytvořený koncept

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12. 12. 2025

Background Paper and Recommendations of the National Convention on the EU | Czechia and the Social Dimension of Competitiveness in Light of the Draghi Report

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21. 11. 2025
How can the Czech Republic strengthen its competitiveness without undermining social cohesion? This question was at the centre of the roundtable of the National Convention on the EU, held on 21 November 2025 and focused on the role of the social dimension in the context of the Draghi Report. The discussion explored the sustainability of the European social model and examined which EU instruments the Czech Republic could use to support its economic, social, and regional development. The background paper and recommendations on this topic were prepared by Klára Votavová and Carlos Gómez del Tronco.

DW | Muslims struggle to find mosque location in central Prague

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29. 6. 2025
In 2024, the central mosque in the Czech capital, Prague, was shut down. Since then, the Muslim community has not been able to establish a new one. Carlos Gómez del Tronco, Head of Just Europe Programme, commented for DW.com

Crónicas del corazón de Europa | Czech Republic, Where Labor and Uniform Immigration Prevails

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25. 6. 2025
Immigration is a regular debate in Brussels. It is a sensitive issue on which it is difficult for all EU members to agree. For example, the Visegrad Group (consisting of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) tends to take a very different stance on this issue from the rest of the European Community.

REPORT: Public debate | Green and Digital — Did We Miss Social?

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2. 6. 2025
On 2 June, a debate on the future of green and digital Europe was held at the University of Economics in Prague. The guest speaker was Katarina Ivanković-Knežević, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The debate was moderated by Jarolím Antal, Director of the Centre for European Studies at the Faculty of International Relations.

CNN Prima News | A congress of politicians held in a morgue is the ultimate insult, outraged residents say in shattered Valencia

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30. 5. 2025
Valencia welcomes European politicians with banners in hand. Their message is clear: the resignation of regional Prime Minister Carlos Mazón (Partido Popular), whom they hold fully responsible for the mishandling of the floods. The situation was commented on for CNN Prima News by Carlos Gómez del Tronc, an analyst at the EUROPEUM Institute and head of the Just Europe project.

The New Arab | Prague’s Muslims struggle for mosque space amid rising prejudice

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30. 5. 2025
The Islamic Foundation in Prague remains without a mosque after six months of searching, as property owners have refused to accommodate the Muslim community. Analyst at the EUROPEUM Institute and head of the Just Europe project, Carlos Gómez del Tronco, commented on the situation for The New Arab.
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