Contemporary Europe, 2013 (vol. 2013), issue 2

Komparace systémů fungování a řízení ekonomické diplomacie ve vybraných evropských státech

Comparison of Economic Diplomacy Management in Europe

Adam Krčál

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):3-17  

The article deals with the very topical issue, with economic diplomacy. For small to medium-sized economies such as the Czech Republic, a system of its management, priority setting and achieving goals, represents a key element for the functioning of the whole economy. Need for a deeper focus on economic diplomacy was also caused by the recent developments in the world economy, which is increasingly reflected in the phenomenon of globalization. Economic relations among countries are becoming more complex and actors gain an increasingly important role in international economic relations (eg. international organizations, NGOs, transnational corporations)...

Evropská iniciativa v oblasti vzácných onemocnění

European Iniciative in the Field of Rare Diseases

Markéta Lhotáková, Kateřina Kubáčková

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):19-37  

Common European strategy in the field of rare disease may be considered as a model example of European integration. Rare diseases, for which extremely low number of patients per diagnose is typical, are characteristic with relatively high level of fragmentation and inefficiency of treatment and from that arising high costs. The process of integration incorporates all EU member countries and its aim is not only to decrease the cost of rare disease treatments but also improvement of treatment accessibility and unification of the treatment procedures. Another important aspect of this process is encouragement of active participation of all stakeholders...

Perspektivy budoucí politiky soudržnosti EU v podmínkách Visegrádské skupiny

Perspective of the Future EU Cohesion Policy in Terms of Visegrad Group

Eva Poledníková, Petra Lelková

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):39-66  

At the end of EU programming period 2007-2013and with respect to important challenges that European states have to face in future, the preparations of a new form of EU Cohesion policy after 2013 have culminate at European and national level. The current state of the preparations clearly shows that EU Cohesion policy after 2013 will play an important and essential role in strengthening of cohesion, restoring of prosperity and competitiveness of the European territory, although the attitude of individual EU Member States is no uniform in selected policy aspects. The main aim of the paper is to analyze and present the main themes of EU Cohesion policy...

Investiční regulatorní prostředí a Evropská unie

Investment Regulatory Environment and the European Union

Ludmila Štěrbová

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):67-85  

Investment business environment and its regulation and liberalization have a great importance and impact on decisions of international investors and following flows of foreign direct investment. Investment protectionism is considered by the OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index. Index testifies also different level of market openness in individual EU Member States, even if the EU applies the principle of free movement of capital. This situation is caused by the international framework that is implemented into the EU investment regulation and regulation of the Member States. The framework is composed by bilateral investment treaties and investment...

Evropský diskurz o energetických vztazích mezi EU a Ukrajinou

The European Discourse on Energy Relations between the EU and Ukraine

Lukáš Tichý

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):87-108  

The article explores the energy relations between the European Union and its eastern neighbor Ukraine, however, the article is focused on the discursive formations that determine the prevailing interpretation of the relationship by both parties. Building on a discourse analysis of 103 textual units published by EU institutions and selected leaders of the EU, the main goal of this article is to analyze the energy discourse of the European Union in its relations to Ukraine on the basis of an identification of basic discursive complexes and then to interpret and analyze the content, main topics, and perception of Ukraine by the EU within discourse. The...

Implementace mezinárodních multilaterálních sankcí na Slovensku

Implementation of International Sanctions in Slovakia

Radka Druláková, Štěpánka Zemanová, Pavel Přikryl

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):109-128  

In the Czech Republic, compared to scholarly literature abroad, less attention has been paid to the imposition and impact of international multilateral sanctions. However, some areas of the decision-making process regarding sanctions and their subsequent implementation remain unexplored, both in the Czech Republic and abroad. This includes also the implementation of multilateral sanctions adopted within international organizations by the states that have never developed their own (unilateral) sanction policy. Having analyzed the internal mechanisms of implementation used in the Slovak Republic, the paper helps to fill the gap. Since gaining the independence,...

Integrační procesy v evropském telekomunikačním sektoru

Integration Processes in the Telecommunication Sector in Europe

Victor Koval

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):129-141  

In the dynamic development of integration processes in the world economy, the structural change is also evident in the service sector, including the telecommunications. The end of the twentieth century showed an intensive integration processes in the telecommunication sector in Europe, which has a positive impact on the competitiveness of their economies. The main tools are the development of a corporate network integration contracts with companies in different countries, which are part of the corporation. However, the territorial expansion of the European telecommunication operators in the markets of the CIS, particularly Ukraine, assists the development...

Analýza opatření a návrhů reagujících na krizi evropského integračního projektu

Analysis of Measures and Proposals Reacting on the Crisis of the European Integration Project

Lenka Pítrová, Olga Francová, Jan Durica, Hana Bambasová

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):143-165  

The article aims to draw attention to the contemporary debate on the future of the European Union in the context of current crisis and its potential consequences, especially in legal and economic terms. Since 2008, the financial, debt and economic crisis has been revealing the weaknesses of the European integration, particularly in the area of monetary and economic union. The Union has responded to the crisis by a series of measures and proposals, whose common aim was to solve the problems and to prevent their future revival. At the same time, all of these proposals and measures have further deepening of integration as a common feature. The aim of...

Európska banková únia v podmienkach finančnej globalizácie

Banking union in the Process of Financial Globalization

Žofia Suchá

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):167-185  

The process of the European integration, which gradually institutionalised from the European Communities to the European Union, has been in progress for more than fifty years. Contrary to the original purposes of the integration, which emanated from the experience of the World War II, and contrary to the areas, which were harmonised at the beginning of this process, current circumstances bring a change. The original voluntary transfer of sovereignty for the purpose of integration, which was for the state generally acceptable or even favourable in relation to its powers, is now replaced by a situation, where due to the financial and debt crisis, the...

Orbánová A. Moc, energie a nový ruský imperializmus

Ksenia Kostitsyna

Současná Evropa 2013, 2013(2):187-190  

Review: Orbánová A. Moc, energie a nový ruský imperializmus. In English: "Power, Energy, and the New Russian Imperialism", Praeger Security International, 2008 (translation: Pavel Kaas, Zuzana Krulichová). Argo, 2010, 279 p. ISBN 978-80-257-0251-2.