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Viktor Daněk

Executive Deputy Director and Head of Prague Office

vdanek@europeum.org

+420 774 073 876

Viktor Daněk

Executive Deputy Director and Head of Prague Office

vdanek@europeum.org

+420 774 073 876

Before entering the NGO sphere, Viktor Daněk worked for almost ten years as a journalist. During his time with the public service Czech radio, he focused mainly on covering EU affairs. He spent almost five years as a permanent correspondent in Brussels, where he cooperated with other media outlets. Before his career in journalism, he gained experience in the area of marketing and communication in the Česká spořitelna banking group and at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He holds university degrees in Media Studies and International Relations.
Viktor Daněk joined the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in October 2023. He continues to be active in the media as a freelancer. His main areas of interest are institutional questions of European integration, globalisation and the EU’s climate and migration policy.

SZ Podcast 5:59 | Babiš’s European Comeback

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5. 12. 2025

Andrej Babiš is preparing to return to the helm of the Czech government — and with him, a prominent and unpredictable player on the European political scene. His ambitions to change the EU, promises to withdraw from the migration pact and emissions trading system, and emphasis on personal ties between statesmen once again raise the question of whether he will align with leaders like Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán, or whether he will surprisingly continue the more moderate course of his predecessor, Petr Fiala. For the Seznam Zprávy news podcast 5:59, Viktor Daněk, Executive Deputy Director and Head of the Prague Office at the EUROPEUM Institute, spoke about the issue.

CNN Prima News | New EU sanctions against Russia target ships evading restrictions

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14. 5. 2025

The European Union has adopted the seventeenth package of sanctions against Russia in response to the ongoing aggression in Ukraine. The new restrictions will target, among other things, ships from the shadow fleet that Moscow uses to circumvent existing restrictions. Viktor Danek, deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute, commented on the situation for CNN Prima News.

Česká televize | Why Europeans are turning their attention to the right

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5. 5. 2025

Europe is experiencing a significant shift to the right. In Germany, the result of the far-right AfD party, which came second with 20.8%, attracted a lot of attention, consolidating its position especially in the eastern part of the country. In Romania, the Eurosceptic nationalist George Simion dominated the first round of the presidential elections, winning over 40% of the vote and advancing to the run-off. These results confirm the growing support for the far right across Europe, which poses a challenge to the traditional political parties and to European integration as a whole. Viktor Daněk, deputy director of EUROPEUM Institute, comments for Czech Television.