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Kolektiv A.S.A.P. (Abortion Support Alliance Prague)

Discriminatory Czech abortion law should change - interview with A.S.A.P. collective

Published: 17 October 2024
Interview
Although abortion is legal in the Czech Republic, it is not accessible to everyone. Half of Czech hospitals would not provide the procedure to citizens of other EU Member States, according to a new survey. People living with disabilities or low incomes also face obstacles, says Rafał Szwajkowski of the A.S.A.P. (Abortion Support Alliance Prague) collective.
By Kateřina Boťová
Památník holokaustu Romů a Sintů v Čechách

The Lety memorial also represents the ongoing fight for the dignity of today’s Roma

Published: 9 July 2024
Commentary
With a major contribution from foreign sources and partly from the Czech Government, a memorial has been built on the site of a former concentration camp in Lety after the industrial pig farm previously located there was removed. In addition, forcibly sterilized Romani women should finally be receiving compensation. What do these milestones mean for Czech Romani society, and what reflections do they encourage?
By Renata Berkyová
Visegrad fund building in Bratislava

Imitation and Revolt. What the Visegrád Group is and what it could become.

Published: 28 June 2024
Commentary
Cooperation among the countries of the Visegrád Group is directly dependent on the current political situation in each country. In recent years, the alliance has attracted attention for its criticisms of Southern European countries and its anti-immigration rhetoric. While the more liberal of the Visegrád countries tend to blindly imitate the West, the nationalists dream of a conservative Central Europe.
By Klára Votavová

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The Czech and the Slovak Parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty

Published: 10 July 2014
This publication is an output of a project called "New role of the national parliaments in the EU decision-making processes: previous experience and new challenges pursuant to the Lisbon Treaty", undertaken by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy together with the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin with the financial support of Heinrich Böll Foundation.

The Future of the European Union and Green Policy

Published: 1 July 2007
In December 2007, after intense discussions and negotiations about the future of the European Union, the Heads of State or Government of the 27 EU Member States signed the Treaty of Lisbon. This so-called 'Reform Treaty' still includes the Constitutional Treaty's most substantial changes for more democracy and efficiency in decision making processes. The Treaty of Lisbon will apply only after being ratified by each of the 27 members. It is due to come into force in January 2009. At that same time, the Czech Republic, for the first time ever, will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.



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