Czech Perception of the EU Defence Policy
Czech Perception of the EU Defence Policy

Author(s): Vít Havelka
Subject(s): Security and defense, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Keywords: PESCO; European army;
Summary/Abstract: Many articles have been written on this topic, be it elaborations on whether the EU needs strong defence and security pillar or how it should ideally be structured. The articles, however, remain delineated to political/policy level, omitting perceptions of the European population. Thus, the following paper aims at bridging this gap by analysing the Czech political as well as public attitudes to the newly strengthened defence pillar of the EU. It also presents recommendations for policymakers in light of the recent developments at the EU and Czech political level such as creation of new PESCO projects or significant increase of financial allocations in the European Defence Fund. The paper draws on quantitative as well as qualitative data gathered in research conducted by STEM and Behavio Labs in cooperation with the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy through 2018 and 2019.

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