In the Media

Our Jana Juzová commented on euractiv.cz in the article "European leaders supported the accession of Western Balkans countries to EU, but specific promises are missing."

Director of our Institute was quoted in La Vanguardia, where he talks about Eastern Europe's reaction to coronavirus crisis.

After more than 2 months, people in Italy could return to work. Alexandr Lagazzi spoke on the Italian government's decision to further ease the pandemic restrictions.

Our director Vladimír Bartovic gave an interview on the topic of the European Commission's plan for the gradual termination of restrictive measures against the spread of COVID-19.

EUROPEUM's deputy director Christian Kvorning Lassen writes in Danish online daily Altinget that the EU is not responsible for the current situation, but its member states are. They underestimated the warning from the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), which in January informed the EU member states about the possibility of a worldwide coronavirus outbreak.

Zuzana Stuchlíková was quoted in EURACTIV in article about next EU summit and the member states' cooperation in a fight against coronavirus.

Kateřina Davidová, research fellow from EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, was quoted in The Times in article about "Greta Thunberg is public enemy No 1 for East European populists."

Our Zuzana Stuchlíková commented on key points of hundred days plan of European Commission for the Czech News Agency (ČTK). The article was later also published by other media outlets.

In Italy, the infection has been confirmed in more than 9,000 patients, the highest number after China, where the coronavirus began to spread in December. Almost 1,200 infected have recovered from the disease. The Italian government ordered the isolation of the entire region of Lombardy and individual provinces in other areas. Quarantine is valid until the beginning of April and affects about 16 million people, ie about 1/4 of the Italian population. The impact of COVID-19 on Italy was commented by our associate Alexandr Lagazzi.

Greece should get 700 million EUR as a financial aid for securing the border. Christian Kvorning Lassen, research fellow from EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, was answering the question of RTVS: "Is European Union better with securing the borders now or five years ago?"

Kateřina Davidová, research fellow from EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, was talking about Europe on the way to zero-emission transport. Who will lag behind?

Aktuálně.cz cited work of our researcher Vít Havelka in its article about the attitude of Czech Prime Minister Babiš towards EU budget.