The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a treaty being negotiated between the EU and the US has been heavily criticized for being undemocratic, non-transparent and is said to be eroding Europe’s relatively higher social, labor and environmental standards. However, the debate has not started in the Visegrad countries so we don’t really know where governments and political parties stand in the debate. Is it because they don’t care? Here are some of the reasons they should.

The discussion with Edward Lucas on why we compare ourselves with the West, what lies beneath the turn in Czech foreign policy and what might be the sources of alleged Czech underperformance continues.

Although the majority of reforms to the old-age pension system took place in 1999, last summer, after 15 years, some more important changes were introduced. This has sparked a heated public and expert debate and arguments about patriotic duties and financial responsibilities. There were many questions raised, but some still lack the answers. What should Poles expect in their old age? Maybe more changes.