V4

On 24 October 2017 in Berlin, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and Das Progressive Zentrum launched the second episode of their joint project "Future Scenarios for the Visegrad Group".

We are proud to present the third event from our pilot project Prague Climate Talks: Renewable energy in the V4, which will take place on November 6th, 2017, at the European house.

Head of our institute Vladimír Bartovic commented on the meeting of Jean-Claude Juncker with the leaders of the V4 countries in the eve of European summit on migration and security.

Martin Michelot contributed with his chapter to the publication 'Strengthening the Eastern Frontier' issued by Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democary (CEID).

Director of Europeum Vladimír Bartovic, in an interview for RTVS, commented the changes in relations between Czech Republic and EU, which are negatively affected by the current policies of the Czech Republic.

Our Martin Michelot, in his latest policy paper, explores the relationship of France and the Visegrad group from a perspective of Macron's strategies, a possible multi-speed scenario and a political Franco-German axis, outlining the long-term prospect of cooperation.

In an interview for RTVS, our director Vladimír Bartovic commented on the recent battle with the European Commission over double EU food standards.

Our director Vladimír Bartovic commented for Info.cz on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) criticism of Poland stemming from the warning that such constitutional changes would lead to political pressure on the judicial system of the country.

EUROPEUM is one of eight receiving institutions taking part in the Think Visegrad Fellowship program.

Our Michal Vít contributed to the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs' publication titled Illiberal Democracies in the EU: the Visegrad Group and the Risk of Disintegration with a chapter on the broader context of political development of the V4 region in the light of the immigration crisis of 2015 and 2016.

On January 1, Michal Vít was a guest of the Studio ČT24 program, where he commented on the Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU, its successes and failures as well as expectations from the following Maltese presidency.

On December 9 we organized, in cooperation with Centre for European Policy Studies and European Policy Institutes Network, an international conference in the framework of the Think Visegrad in Brussels project. The report summarizing the debate and the issues relating to the V4 countries is now available.