Czech Business Today
Volume XII, 5-2013
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European Semester 2013: Council Recommendations
Burdensome taxation, low retirement age and high corruption belong among key notions highlighted by the Council in its… continue reading »
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General Block Exemption Regulation Must Focus on Quality
The European Commission has recently been working on the revision of the General block exemption Regulation (the GBER)… continue reading »
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Food Safety: Do We Know What We Eat?
In the light of the horse meat fraud, policymakers, businesses and consumers are rowing over the level of regulation… continue reading »
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EU-South Africa Summit
On 18th July, the leaders of the EU and South Africa met in Pretoria for the Sixth EU-South Africa Summit. This year’s… continue reading »
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Amended EIA – A New Road Block for Economy Recovery
A proposal amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) discussed in the EP raises numerous… continue reading »
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Welcome by Tomas Pirkl
When I came to Brussels in 2007 as a journalist, I could not really imagine that I would „survive“ in the capital of… continue reading »
CEBRE calendar
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9th September 2013
Debate on "2030 framework for climate and energy policies" (Prague)
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7th – 9th October 2013
CEBRE consultations with Czech companies (Brno)
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9th October 2013
Debate on "EU FTAs in North America and their impact" (Brno)
Flash news
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Free movement is a key value
Results of the survey on EU feelings among Czech citizens show that the freedom of movement is the most appreciated benefit of being part of the EU. Almost 89% of respondents have never experienced any kind of discrimination when traveling.
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EU priorities
Deepening of EU integration and efficient allocation of EU funding are priorities of the new Czech Government in resignation set up in July. Conditions of the setting up of the government might be the reason why the priorities lack the dates of the euro adoption and signature of the Fiscal compact.
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The Czechs do not support gender quotas
The Czech Republic together with other eight countries decided not to support the EC proposal for gender quotas in boards. The number of allies seems to be high enough to block the proposal.
