Martin Panek

Director of the Liberální Institut in Prague, the Czech Republic, and a political advisor in the European Parliament. He graduated from the University of Economics in Prague. His main areas of interest are European Union, federalism and tax competition, free speech, and civil liberties

Politics

Overview of Current State of Czech Politics

BY Martin Panek AND Liberalni Institute / September 10, 2018

I’m writing this article from the point of view of a Czech libertarian. It’s meant for foreigners, not necessarily libertarians, to get a better grasp of Czech politics than what they can get from their usual sources of information.

Politics

EU Desperately Wants to Have Criminal-Law Powers

BY Martin Panek AND Liberalni Institute / June 6, 2018

While the Member States still have at least the sole jurisdiction in criminal matters, they maintain a good deal of sovereignty. Once an EU “federal” criminal framework begins to take root, it won’t take long before we will all be committing three EU felonies a day.