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Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Czech Republic the Pirates have fallen overboard from the government

On 1 October, the left-liberal Czech Pirate Party (Pirates) exited the government coalition. This development was a direct consequence of Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s (of the right-wing Civic Democratic Party, ODS) decision to remove the…
Analyses | | Andrzej Sadecki

Patriots for Europe Orbáns attempt to unite the radical right

Patriots for Europe (PfE), an alliance of three parties – Hungary’s Fidesz, the Czech Republic’s ANO, and the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) – founded on 30 June, has become the nucleus of a new group in the European Parliament. In the…
Analyses | | Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski, Jacek Tarociński

The first shells under the Czech initiative have arrived in Ukraine Day 859 of the war

Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Progress in the Czech nuclear programme the ECs approval and bids for new units

On 30 April, the European Commission (EC) approved a state aid mechanism enabling the funding of the construction and operation of the fifth unit of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant (with a capacity of up to 1200 MW). As part of this…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The Czech nuclear tender more units to be built but without US participation

On 31 January, the Czech government adopted an annex to the documentation on the tender to expand the country’s nuclear energy sector (see ‘The Czech nuclear showdown enters the final straight’). It includes an invitation to the French EDF…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The Czech Presidents visit to Berlin a call for German leadership

The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, visited Berlin on 20 and 21 March. He met his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as former President Joachim Gauck and Angela Merkel’s long-…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Czech Republic General Pavel wins the election

Petr Pavel won the second round of the Czech presidential election, held on 27 and 28 January. With a record turnout of 70.2%, he received the support of 58.3% of voters; his rival, the former prime minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), won 41.7%…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The Czech Republic General Pavel is getting closer to becoming the new president

General Petr Pavel won the first round of the Czech presidential election held on 13–14 January 2023 (he garnered 35.4% of the votes cast). His lead was highest in Prague, the surrounding Central Bohemian Region and in polling stations…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The TAL is expanding the Czech Republic is gaining independence from Russian oil supplies

The shareholders of the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL), which runs through Italy, Austria and Germany (see map), decided on 30 November to increase the pipeline’s capacity in response to a request from the Czech state-controlled company Mero,…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Central Europe facing a new wave of migration from the Balkans

According to Frontex, in the first nine months of 2022, the number of attempted illegal crossings of the EU’s external borders in the Western Balkan section increased by 1,500% compared to 2019 and by 170% compared to 2021.