The political instability in the Czech Republic has got another dimension. After the decay of leading governmental coalition, early parliamentary election is coming. It is repeating again and again, one could add…
Early parliamentary...
September 23, 2013 10:02 pm / 1 comment
Although the law introduced in 2003 made the vocational guidance obligatory in Polish schools, this kind of a course is not taken seriously by Polish teachers and decision makers. Unfortunately, they do not realize that the role of school is...
September 16, 2013 9:30 pm / 3 comments
Jobbik, Hungary’s extreme right party, is well-known for its explicit anti-Semitism and anti-Roma sentiment. The party, however, is not only concerned with domestic politics: it also has a rather unusual foreign policy agenda. Republikon Institute...
September 9, 2013 10:45 pm / 1 comment
Since the time when Solidarity elites came to conclude that the process of system change in Poland was permanent – which I guess was in the spring of 1990 – the EU/EEC integration has become the axis of Polish foreign policy....
September 2, 2013 11:10 am / no comments
The integration with Ukraine and Turkey is a barometer that will show whether the Old Continent will prove to be a vigorous and important player in the 21st century. The finale of the Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) agreement, which is...
August 31, 2013 1:43 pm / 8 comments
The Bank of England estimated that 40 per cent of the profits accruing from an expansion of the money supply flowed directly to the richest 5 per cent of households. The policy of low interest rates destroys the value of investments with fixed...
August 26, 2013 7:21 am / 1 comment
We can’t deny that Polish accession to the Eurozone must involve some costs. Moderate adverse effects, however, are likely to be felt only in preparation for the introduction of the euro and at the very exchange of the Polish currency. Meanwhile,...
August 19, 2013 9:11 am / 66 comments
Proposal
INESS proposes to lower the minimum wage to € 1 or to a level which would minimise its influence on the labour market, and to introduce a social contributions deduction which would increase the net salaries of low-income employees,...
August 12, 2013 11:37 pm / 1 comment
2013 is the European Year of citizens. The purpose of this initiative is to highlight the concept of EU citizenship and to promote the knowledge about the rights of our fellow citizens. It would even be fair to rename the year European Year...
August 2, 2013 12:45 pm / no comments
Measuring the performance of politicians is no easy task. Given the general belief that politicians should be selfless individuals in service of the public, some might argue that such a pursuit is unnecessary. However, even if we embraced this...
August 1, 2013 12:40 pm / no comments