As of the end of 2020, the Czech Republic has been ranked as one of the worst countries in the world in terms of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the second wave, ranking as #50 out of the 53 accounted countries by a Bloomberg study, and with a record-high of 52.5% positive testing… » read more
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As the hopes from vaccination climb high, the EU leaders eye recovery and a possible return to some semblance of normalcy in several months. However, the consequences in almost every aspect of our society will persist a long time after the pandemic is gone, and decisions to combat the virus will have a lasting impact… » read more
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2021 brings with it a host of new challenges on the EU’s trade front. Recently appointed EU Trade Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovkis, has the hefty task of navigating the EU’s ever difficult trading landscape in an even more economically and politically tumultuous time. Of particular note is the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement concluded late December… » read more
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America back in business: What rejoining the Paris Agreement means for EU climate ambition?
22/01/2021
After the tragic events that took place in Washington D.C. on the 6th of January 2021, which the world has looked upon with apprehension, the mandate of the newly elected 46th President of the United States will start with the roll back of some of the most contested policies of the Trump presidency and focus… » read more
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Climate & Environment, EU - US , climate, EU - US, Paris Agreement, USA |
A dark day for US democracy
07/01/2021
The last 48 hours in the United States went from feeling like the endless scene from Groundhog Day with Democrats, once again, winning an election to a deadly scene from World War Z with Trump supporters scaling walls and raiding the US Capital building. While we are still unpacking and understanding the full breadth and… » read more
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Even before yet ever since the 2015 migration crisis, migration has emerged as one of the European Union’s fault lines. The Dublin Convention , the current regulatory mechanism, first entered into force in 1997 and developed into the Dublin III Regulation, has proven to be inefficient in fostering solidarity from recalcitrant Member States. According to… » read more
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Dne 22. října padl ze strany polského ústavního soudu velmi kontroverzní rozsudek ve věci potratového zákona. Zákon o plánování rodiny do teď zakazoval potraty až na výjimky, kterými bylo otěhotnění z důvodu znásilnění nebo incestu, ohrožení zdraví nebo života matky a podezření na vážné poškození plodu. Výjimka týkající se právě poškození plodu byla ústavním soudem… » read more
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The dialog on normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, crucial for the stability in the whole Western Balkan region, has gained a new momentum in the past two months. These important negotiations had been frozen since Kosovo government introduced 100% tariffs on goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018. After the… » read more
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The US elections will come down to the wire, and will be determined by mail-in votes. While this was fully expected during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was also the worst-case scenario given Trump’s persistent attempts to delegitimize mail-in votes, despite lack of clear evidence of their fraudulence. Much like 2016, the key battleground states are… » read more
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Výsledky amerických voleb budou do poslední chvíle nejasné a rozhodovat tak budou korespondenční hlasy. Ačkoliv byl tento scénář během pandemie koronaviru nanejvýš očekávaný, byl také tím nejhorším možným. Trump totiž legitimitu korespondenční volby dlouhodobě zpochybňuje, a to i přes absenci jasných důkazů o podvodech. Stejně jako v roce 2016 jsou klíčovými bojišti státy Pensylvánie (20… » read more
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