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Common interests enforcement within EU - Visegrad Group model
Bartová, Hana ; Antal, Jarolím (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The Visegrad Group celebrated its 25th anniversary in February 2016. Established as an initiative of three post-soviet countries from the Central and Eastern Europe region, this cooperation has gone over the years through a number of challenges. Not only by the accession to the European Union has proved its relevance. This diploma thesis deals with the scope and the strength of this regional cooperation. The objective of the thesis is to evaluate to what extent the Visegrad Group countries utilize this platform to promote common interests within the European Union. To achieve the objective the method of classification analysis is used, which, based on the three examined areas,energy security, cohesion policy, migration, will study specific common interests.
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Potenciální role dovozu LNG pro region střední Evropy
Procházka, Václav ; Čajka, Radek (advisor)
The goal of this master thesis is to analyse the potential of LNG for the Central European region with the emphasis on the strategic role of LNG imports in strengthening the energy security of the region and its possible role in replacing the traditional fuels in the transport sector of the Visegrad Group countries. The increasing availability of LNG, together with the predictions of its rapidly growing global supply in the following years, offers a window of opportunity for the Central European states. Particularly when it comes to their energy security, as the growing access to LNG supplies translates into a growing competition for the existing pipeline supplies from Russia. Furthermore, the thesis also focuses on the potential of LNG as an alternative fuel in the inland waterway and heavy duty road transportation of the Visegrad Group countries and the steps that these countries take to integrate LNG fuel in their transport sector.
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Comparison of price levels on the countries of Visegrad group after joining the European Union
Bočkoriková, Bernadeta ; Nečadová, Marta (advisor) ; Rusmichová, Lada (referee)
BOČKORIKOVÁ, Bernadeta: Comparison of price levels on the countries of Visegrad group after joining the European Union. University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Business administration, Department of Economics and Management. Thesis supervisor: Ing. Marta Nečadová, Ph.D, 2017, 48 s. The main objective of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the evolution of different price levels in the countries of the Visegrad Four after joining the European Union and to identify the reasons of the differences. The theoretical part of the thesis defines inflation, describes the possibilities and ways of measuring inflation and briefly describes the consequences of inflation. In this part, there are analysis of the composition consumer basket for each country of the Visegrad Four. Compared are the differences in the structure of consumer price index ant the harmonized index of consumer prices. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the comparison of the price level in the perion of years 2004-2016. Development of the annual inflation rate for each country is explained by annual rate of changes of selected sectors of the consumer basket.
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Visegrad Group: Transition of banking sector from "single bank" system to the current global commercial banking system
Masarikova, Miroslava ; Teplý, Petr (advisor) ; Svoboda, Karel (referee) ; Ji, Yuemei (referee)
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a detailed quantitative and qualitative assessment of the banking system currently in place in the Visegrad countries, as well as its transition from the Soviet system to a capitalist market-oriented system. The empirical part of this study focuses on estimating the stability of the banking system, the impact of regulations and supervision on the stability of this system the performance and effectiveness (productivity) of the system, and the impact of banking sector performance on economic growth. Two different methods are used for the data analysis: panel data regression with random effect model and traditional ratio analysis based on DuPont formula and other financial ratios, which were constructed using historical data taken from Bank Scope, together with random-effects GLS regression. The results suggest that, as measured by z-score, Slovakia had the most stable banking sector in most years, followed by Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Additionally, according to the regression analysis, the imposition of strict requirements for banks applying for licenses in Visegrad countries has led to greater banking system stability, while prohibiting additional banking activities-such as real estate, insurance, securities, or other non-financial...
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Development of the economic relations between Germany and the Visegrád Group before and after east enlargement of the EU
Karnitskaya, Helena ; Kučera, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kačmárová, Pavla (referee)
During the eastern enlargement of the EU four emerging countries of the Visegrád Group - Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary - joined the community of European states. This significant event notably affected not only the transformation process in the countries mentioned above but also their relations with the EU member states. The aim of this master thesis is to research the impact of the eastern enlargement of the EU on economic relations between C.E. countries and Germany, and to answer the question whether the EU accession was the main decisive factor for the dynamic development of economic cooperation between the above mentioned states. The analysis of economic relations focuses on two key dimensions: trade relations and direct investment. The government's policy of supporting the investment activities both in Germany and C.E. countries is also taken into account. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first chapter intends to analyze the integration process of the C.E. countries in the '90s and its influence on the dynamic development of the economic cooperation between Germany and Visegrád Group. The second section deals with the theoretical aspects of international trade and foreign direct investment. This part intends to provide comparative criteria that will help in answering...
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Coordination of Visegrad group during negotiations on the EU framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030
Denková, Adéla ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Kubát, Michal (referee)
The thesis deals with the negotiations on the EU framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030 which were held in the Council of the EU and the European Council from January to October 2014. The text focuses on coordination of common negotiating position and common requirements of the Visegrad countries, Bulgaria and Romania which played an important role as an advocacy coalition during the negotiations on climate and energy package. They aimed to push through solutions of the issue of unequal costs placed on individual EU member states, with heavier burden put on the low-income countries. The thesis looks into the V4+2 group particular claims and evaluates how successful the coalition was in its efforts to set their ideas into the final formulation of the EU climate and energy policy for the period after 2020. The thesis is based on theoretical concepts of agenda-setting and advocacy coalition and uses also knowledge from theoretical research on the EU decision process.
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Sharing the Refugee Burden through Relocation: Attitudes of the States of the Visegrad Group
Franta, Jakub ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Najšlová, Lucia (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with refugee burden-sharing by mandatory relocation mechanism in the European Union and with positions of the states of the Visegrad Group on the issue. The topic is limited to 2015 in terms of time. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, that is to say, were prominent opponents of the refugee relocation plan as one of the proposed and finally adopted solutions to the so-called refugee crisis in the EU. The aim of this thesis is to answer the question whether the states attitudes on sharing the refugee burden undergone some evolution and whether publicly declared reasons for these attitudes correspond to the empirical situation. For this purpose is provided a reconstruction of the most significant milestones of adoption of the relocation mechanism, including the attitudes and publicly declared reasons of the Visegrad states, which are then analyzed in terms of the empirical situation. The outcome of the thesis is that states of the Visegrad Group held integrated negative attitude consistently during 2015 with only one exception - Poland agreement with the proposal submitted to the European Council on 22 September - and most of the reasons given for this negative attitude are really based on the empirical situation, though always only in certain aspects of the...
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Promoting Czech Priorities in Eastern Partnership: Three Czech Presidencies
Franěk, Robert ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Najšlová, Lucia (referee)
The thesis "Promoting Czech Priorities in Eastern Partnership" deals with Czech policy towards six states of Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus during three presidencies: in Visegrad Group in years 2007/2008 and 2011/2012 and in the Council of EU in 2009. These periods were chosen, because Czech Republic had the biggest opportunity to influence the project in them. Based on the analysis of presidency programms and evaluation of agenda, the thesis tries to assess, if was Czech Republic successful in promoting its foreign policy priorities in the project during the presidencies. First chapters of the thesis are dedicated to history of Czech relations with the region of Eastern Europe and to description of Eastern Partnership project. The other three chapters are case studies of particular presidencies. After all, the thesis concludes, that despite the fact, that Czech Republic successfully included its priorities in presidency programms and agenda, it was not able to promote them on the EU level because of lack of political interest and experience.
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The Visegrad Group as a Tool of Stimulating Interests in the Field of Natural Gas - Ilustrated on the Czech republic and the Republic of Poland
Štolba, Ondřej ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Svoboda, Karel (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the influence that the Ukrainian crises in 2006 and 2009 had on the use of the Visegrad Group as a tool for promoting the interests in the sphere of natural gas. This research is based on institutional theory that provides an explanation of the importance of regional cooperation. The impact of both crises on cooperation is then presented on two Member States - the Czech republic and Poland, which provides a framework for an overall assessment. The upholding of interests in the gas area during the years is reflected in the strengthening of the Visegrad Group. The work follows the development of the pre-crisis period to the Polish Presidency of the Visegrad Group in 2012. Thus, it observes the initial efforts to coordinate gas politics, the influence of the European Union on the development of gas agenda within the Visegrad Group and its contribution to the energy security of monitored countries. The thesis evaluates the dynamic development of the Visegrad Group and individual results in reducing dependence on Russian gas. Moreover, there are also noted the remaining limits in the functioning of this group which may block the enforcement of national and Central European interests.
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Growing importance of energy and military security of the Visegrad Group
Kierczak, Natalia ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Binhack, Petr (referee)
The thesis researches whether in the Visegrad Group there is growing importance and securitization of energy security and military security leading to further cooperation based on recent crises. The thesis also researches whether Russia is perceived as a threat. This is done through content analysis of national security strategies, energy security strategies and military or defence strategies, as well as discourse analysis of official statements presented by ministries and governments of the Visegrad Group states. In the text, also materials published by the Visegrad Group as a whole are analysed. The discourse analysis in case of the states is focused on moments of crises. In energy security field, three crises were chosen: gas crises of 2006 and 2009, as well as oil crisis of 2008. In the chapter about military security, two events were chosen- conflict in Georgia in 2008 and military exercises in 2009. As it is presented, cooperation in energy security is already taking place and cooperation in military affairs in form of battlegroup is planned. Especially in energy security, a link between recent crises, their securitization and cooperation might be seen based on the research.
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