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14th July 2015 / Politics / Energy and Environment

Politics:Euractiv.cz: Visegrad Group cooperation in areas of energy, e-government

Read comments of the Visegrad Group Members of the European Parliament on possible cooperation of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in the area of energy and Energy Union. E-government in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia is underdeveloped, compared with the EU28 average. Th...

12th July 2015 / Politics / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Politics: Greece defaults, opposes austerity in a referendum, then asks for new bailout

Last two weeks (29 July-12 July) saw a vibrant development in the Greek saga. First, the last-ditch attempt to avoid default failed, leading to a sovereign default on 30 June since Greece failed to pay its bundled €1.6 bn payment to the IMF. The country imposed capital controls and closed all comm...

10th July 2015 / Politics / Trade and Investment

Politics: Euractiv.cz: Question for Czech MEPs: What could be the bottleneck in TTIP negotiations?

On 8 June Members of the European Parliament approved the non-binding resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with 436 YES votes against 241 NO votes. The negotiations on the TTIP were blocked by the disagreement on the issue of the so-called ISDS mechanism (Investo...