What do the people who form and influence Czech European politics think about the role of the Czech Republic in the European Union? Should the Czech Republic adopt the Euro and whom do they consider to be the Czech Republic’s closest ally in the EU? How do they perceive the position of the Visegrad Group in the EU and what topics should the Czech Republic focus on in the EU? These and other issues were addressed in a research carried out by AMO in the summer of 2017. The key actors of Czech European politics (e.g. politicians, officials, journalists, and researchers) answered questions on the economic and institutional aspects of integration, partners in European politics, and the Visegrad Group. The results that will be presented during the debate bring a unique insight into how the makers of the Czech European policy think about the EU.

The subsequent debate shall focus on the question of how the European policy shall develop after the parliamentary election. Is it possible to interpret the election result as strengthening of the political stream which calls for a change of Czech European policy? Has the prospect of adopting the Euro been put on halt for the next term? How will the Czech Republic face and how should it face the reflections on the reform of the EU or the strengthening of the eurozone?

15:00 – 15:15 Registration
15:15 – 15:20 Welcome remarks

• Matthias Barner, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Office in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• Vít Novotný, Research Fellow, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

15:20 – 15:50 Presentation of Czech results of the Trends of Visegrad European Policy research

• Vít Dostál, Research Director, AMO

15:50 – 17:30 Czech European policy after the elctions

• Vladimír Bartovic, Director, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
• Vít Dostál, Research Director, AMO
• Václav Hampl, Chairman of the Committee on EU Affairs of the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic
• Helena Langšádlová, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic

Chair: Ondřej Houska, Hospodářské noviny

The event is organized in the cooperation with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

Date and time

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

15:15-17:30

Location

European House

Jungmannova 24

Prague 1

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Organizer

AMO

In cooperation with

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

WORKING LANGUAGES

Czech, simultaneously translated to English

Official hashtag

#AMOtrendy