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EP13 - Before and After Joining the EU I

Season 1, Ep. 14

“We have to remember that the accession to the EU did not mean only the integration of the Central and Eastern European countries into the Western Europe but also an unprecedented integration of the Central Europe itself."


In our next episode, Daniel Martínek, research associate at IDM, is welcoming Vít Dostál, Research Director of the Prague-based Research Center AMO - Association for International Affairs. In their discussion, they are focusing on political, economic and social developments that have been encouraged by the EU integration of Central Europe, on the current situation shaped by more than 15 years of the EU membership and on the future prospects of Central Europe within the EU.


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With Vít Dostál and Daniel Martínek.


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