Within the project called Czech Interests in the EU, experts and researchers examine whether and how the interests of the Czech Republic are being carried through in European institutions. The result of the survey is the regularly published Index of Czech Interests. The topic of the first one is the response to the economic recession following the Special European Council.

Linda Zeilina wrote a policy paper as a part of the Think Visegrad platform on the topic of sustainable finance and energy security of the Visegrád group countries.

Zuzana Vondrová authored a policy paper for the 13th debate of the Prague Climate Talks, which will take place online on EUROPEUM's Facebook on June 16. The topic of the paper and the debate is Just Transition Fund.

Lucie Vinařská authored a policy paper for the 12th debate of the Prague Climate Talks series titled "European Green Deal: will it bring structural change?", which will take place online on EUROPEUM's Facebook.

Intern Filip Sidó wrote a blog on "Is the COVID-19 pandemic a coup in Hungarian democracy?" in which he discusses the newly declared state of emergency in Hungary, which allows Prime Minister Orbán to rule through decrees that essentially give him unlimited power.

Mauro Ferrari's alleged resignation as President of the European Research Council (ERC) relaunched the Eurosceptic debate on whether the EU failed during the coronavirus crisis. The story was eagerly taken over by the media and politicians as evidence of satisfaction and justification; satisfaction for their false narratives of the EU's lack of response and justification of their own neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Márk Szábó is writing in his blog about "Just how much impact does the media have on elections?"

Our intern Natálie Češková explores, in her latest blog, the question of "Convergence of the EU and Turkey are at freezing point – causes and consequence?".

Will the V4 countries stand together while negotiating the climate policies, or will the differences in their energy mixes send each of them in a different way? What are the reasons for Polish hesitant stance on 2050 climate neutrality? These and other questions are answered in the policy paper by Ryszarda Formuszewicz, which she published as part of the Think Visegrad platform.

Zuzana Podracká published a policy paper as a part of Think Visegrad platform, in which she focused on the V4’s approach to the 2019 Spitzenkandidaten selection process.

Due to their close contact with citizens, regional and local authorities are usually the best informed on their needs. But is the voice of the regions and its citizens heard in Brussels? What options do the local governments have when pursuing their interests? And what is the situation like in V4 countries? Patrik Kováč answers these and many more questions in his policy paper as part of Think Visegrad Platform.

Bartosz Bieliszczuk published a policy paper as a part of Think Visegrad platform, in which he focused on electromobility in V4 countries.