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ČT24 | Von der Leyen knows almost all the candidates for EU Commissioners

August 30, 2024

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen already knows almost all the candidates for her future team. The deadline for member states to make their views known ends on Friday, August 30. In July, the EU chief executive asked member states to propose both, a man and a woman so that she will have an equal representation in the Commission. So far, only Bulgaria has heeded the EC chief's request and as the only country offered both a man and a woman. Also, the Lithuanian candidate has not been officially nominated, but his name has been mentioned in some media. For ČT24 comments Žiga Faktor, Deputy Director of EUROPEUM Institute.

ČRo Plus | European leaders meet on the EU strategic agenda

April 02, 2024

Petr Fiala will discuss the future direction of the European Union with other European leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania. At an informal working dinner the new strategic agenda is the main topic. The strategy is always defined in the context of the European Parliament elections and before the appointment of each European Commission. In an interview for ČRo Plus Viktor Daněk, deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute, spoke about both the Czech and EU priorities.

LRT | Slovakia voted in the first round of presidential elections

March 25, 2024

Slovakians voted in the first round of presidential elections. The fiercest battle was between two politicians - as was expected - former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini and opposition candidate and former foreign minister Ivan Korčok. The latter won the first round by surprising five percent diference. Slovak experts see the elections as crucial to determine the future political path of the country. Project manager of EUROPEUM Institute Kristína Chlebáková commented on the issue for Lithuanian National Radio and Television LRT.

INVITATION | Urban Talk: Imaginaries of Revenge

November 15, 2023

We would like to invite you to a debate on "Imaginaries of Revenge", which will take place within the Prague European Summit. The debate will take place on Wednesday 15 November 2023 at 10:50 in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, room 301.

Policy Paper: Czech-Russian Escalation as a Case of Deeper EU-Russia Crisis: Time for a United and Credible Action

December 27, 2021

Pavel Havlíček, an analyst at the AMO Research Centre, has written a policy paper for our Brussels office on the Czech-Russian escalation as a case of a deeper crisis between the EU and Russia. In his article, he also makes recommendations for the European Union. The text was written during a research stay in Brussels, which was facilitated by our Brussels office with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

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Lidovky.cz: The East does not catch up with the West. The line between the old and new EU states is evident in the pace of vaccination

September 09, 2021

The director of our institute, Vladimír Bartovic, spoke for the Lidovky.cz news about the differences between the western and eastern states of the European Union. From the post-communist area, only Lithuania managed to match the speed of vaccination of the West.

Blízkému spojenectví navzdory: Polsko-litevské vztahy ve 21. století

April 28, 2019

Matěj Faltus put his attention on tricky Polish-Lithuanian relationship since the year 1989. In many ways these bilateral relations are quite similar to the relations of Czechs and Slovaks.

Het Financieele Dagblad: Money flow will be stemmed for undemocratic EU countries.

May 03, 2018

Our Martin Michelot commented on the reception of the new fund distribution system news.

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Commentary: Informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government

February 28, 2018

Vladimír Bartovic, Martin Michelot, Zuzana Stuchlíková and Vít Havelka react to the informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government held on the 23rd of February 2018.

The Cipher Brief: Emmanuel Macron: More of the Same?

May 05, 2017

Our Martin Michelot authored an article on The Cipher Brief in which he explores the stances of Emmanuel Macron in terms of France's defence & security policy and NATO membership.