Contemporary Europe, 2018 (vol. 2018), issue 1

Vnitřní trh EU vs. národní modely kodeterminace - známe všechna řešení?

EU Internal Market vs. National Models of Codetermination - Do we know all solutions?

Václav Šmejkal

Současná Evropa 2018, 2018(1):4-15  

In the recent decision of the Erzberger case C-566/15, the Court of Justice of the European Union had to address the issue of whether the national rules on employee participation in company management (so-called co-determination) are in line with EU law, in particular whether they do not restrict the free movement of workers within the EU internal market. Although in the present case it did not find the existence of restrictions, it did not give in its brief ruling answers to all the questions related to this case and the co-determination in multinational business groups. The article attempts to show for which cases of co-determination we already have...

CETA JAKO MODEL NOVÉ GENERACE OBCHODNÍCH DOHOD MEZI EU A VYSPĚLÝMI STÁTY

CETA AS A MODEL OF NEW-GENERATION FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EU AND OTHER DEVELOPED ECONOMIES

Bc. Lucie Bartošková

Současná Evropa 2018, 2018(1):16-26  

Within the context of deadlocks in multilateral negotiations held between members of the World Trade Organization during the so-called Qatar Round, some of the developed economies have started seeking other ways of cooperation towards deeper economic integration. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement serves as an example of so-called "new generation free trade agreements" as it goes well beyond current WTO disciplines and seeks to influence domestic policies in the EU and Canada to an unprecedented degree. The aim of this paper is to describe specifics of the new bilateral free trade agreement between the EU and Canada, including dynamics...

Migrační iniciativy v kontextu lákání zahraničních odborníků

Renáta Čuhlová

Současná Evropa 2018, 2018(1):27-43  

Téma migrace patří k významně diskutovaným fenoménům nabývající na intenzitě zvláště v posledním desetiletí. Zároveň se migrace stává palčivou otázkou jak z hlediska států, které lidé opouští, tak také v zemích přijímajících imigranty. Přestože existuje celá řada problémů spjatých s migračními toky, tento článek se věnuje migraci kvalifikovaných osob. Text uvádí činitele, které v této komplexní problematice existují, a zároveň důvody národních proaktivních migračních programů, které zahraniční experty lákají. Dále článek představuje migrační politiku Evropské unie cílenou na kvalifikované cizince. Zaměřuje se pak na komparaci národních migračních nástrojů...

Italské řešení selhávajících bank a jeho význam pro dokončení bankovní unie

Italian solution of failing banks and its importance for banking union completion

Jan Famfollet, Eliška Straková

Současná Evropa 2018, 2018(1):44-56  

The banking union creates the system for banking supervision and banking crises solution based on single European Union rules. The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) means an important milestone, the main goal of which is to limit government assistance to failing banks (bailout) and replace it with a bail-in system. The article focuses on Italian banking crises solution and points out that despite the existence of banking union rules, there is legal possibility to circumvent and save banks via the public finances (bailout). On the one hand "Italian solution" confirms that there are strong weaknesses in the current rules of the banking union,...

Mezinárodní srovnání výkonu profese daňového poradce ve vybraných zemích

Jan Tuček, Jana Skálová

Současná Evropa 2018, 2018(1):57-70  

The article focuses on the conditions for the profession of tax advisor in the European Union. Based on a questionnaire survey, professional tax consultancy organizations were examined in countries that, like the Czech Republic, have a special law regulating this profession. In the second group of selected Member States, tax advice is not governed by a special law, and can therefore provide tax advisory services to any domestic or foreign person without restriction. However, it also emerged from the questionnaire survey that, even in countries where no advice is regulated by a special law, there are professional organizations in which membership is...