37 min
Central Europe’s ‘Lucky’ Democracy Visegrad Insight Podcast
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- Politics
As European leaders meet for the first time under the new European Political Community format this Thursday in Prague, we take a close look at the diverse set of stakeholders participating in the political conversation over European affairs. In the bustling background, the second round of Czech Senate elections favour the ruling coalition despite earlier upset in local elections. Our esteemed guest this episode, historian of Central and Eastern European modern political thought Dr Michal Kopeček, explores the comparative ‘luck’ of the Czech democratic experiment among Central Europeans and explores the meaning of the populist upsurge in Czechia.
As European leaders meet for the first time under the new European Political Community format this Thursday in Prague, we take a close look at the diverse set of stakeholders participating in the political conversation over European affairs. In the bustling background, the second round of Czech Senate elections favour the ruling coalition despite earlier upset in local elections. Our esteemed guest this episode, historian of Central and Eastern European modern political thought Dr Michal Kopeček, explores the comparative ‘luck’ of the Czech democratic experiment among Central Europeans and explores the meaning of the populist upsurge in Czechia.
37 min