Supported by: National Endowment for Democracy/Political Capital Institute (Budapest)
Project span: January 2021 – August 2021.
Co-operating organizations: Political Capital Institute (Hungary), Centre for Democratic Integrity (Austria), Visegrad Insight (Poland), European Values (Czech Republic), Global Focus (Romania), Centre for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria).
Project team: Grigorij Mesežnikov, Ján Bartoš.
Objective: The aim of the project is to map the views of MEPs from Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Austria on the policy of the current leadership of the Russian Federation and other authoritarian states, their activities in the given area (voting, participation in events, writing, etc.)
Activities: Monitoring, analysis, evaluation, interviews, workshops (online and offline), presentations, dissemination of findings in media, final conference.
Outputs:
Analytical report "European Parliament: the primary source of immunity to foreign authoritarian influence?"
https://politicalcapital.hu/library.php?article_read=1&article_id=2496
Analysis of the voting of Slovak MEPs and their views on Russia:
https://dennikn.sk/1928772/ako-hlasuju-o-rusku-slovenski-europoslanci/?ref=list
Analysis of the voting of Slovak MEPs in issues related to the rule of law, democracy and human rights in the world:
https://dennikn.sk/1933142/ako-hlasuju-slovenski-europoslanci-o-pravnom-state-demokracii-a-ludskych-pravach-vo-svete/?ref=list
Final study (2020):
https://www.politicalcapital.hu/pc-admin/source/documents/authoritarian_shadows_in_the_eu_2020_09.pdf
Special project website:
https://www.politicalcapital.hu/authoritarian_shadows_in_the_eu/
An executive summary, policy recommendations and a chapter on Slovakia (in Slovak language):
Autoritárske tiene v Európskej únii. Vplyv autoritárskych štátov na inštitúcie EÚ [pdf]
Slovak summary with infographics (web-version):
https://www.politicalcapital.hu/authoritarian_shadows_in_the_eu/research_results.php?article_read=1&article_id=2580
Interview with Slovak MEP Ivan Štefanec:
https://institutpre.blog.sme.sk/c/558248/silna-europska-unia-je-pre-rusko-problem-rozhovor-s-ivanom-stefancom.html
Interview with Slovak MEP Miriam Lexmann:
https://blog.sme.sk/institutpre/politika/musime-pristupovat-k-cine-tak-aby-sme-chranili-nase-hodnoty-rozhovor-s-miriam-lexmann
Short summary of the results of a research project (2021):
https://www.politicalcapital.hu/pc-admin/source/documents/PC_NED_The_Specter_of_Authoritarian_Regimes_is_Haunting_Europe_20210714.pdf
Analysis of the voting of Slovak MEPs in issues related to Russia and Belarus:
https://dennikn.sk/2326068/ako-hlasuju-slovenski-europoslanci-ked-ide-o-rusko-a-bielorusko/?ref=list
Analyses of the MEPs’ opinion categories in issues of authoritarianism and democracy:
https://dennikn.sk/2480526/slovenski-europoslanci-od-integracnych-jastrabov-po-euroskeptickych-objimacov-diktatorov/?ref=tit
Analyses of EP’s party groups’ voting:
https://blog.sme.sk/institutpre/politika/ako-poslanci-europskeho-parlamentu-pristupuju-k-cudzim-autokratom-a-dezinformatorom
Final study (2021):
https://www.politicalcapital.hu/pc-admin/source/documents/PC_NED_The_Specter_of_Authoritarian_Regimes_is_Haunting_Europe_STUDY_2021_08.pdf
Media references on project outputs:
Sebavedomé Slovensko
Daily Sme (op-ed)
Euractive
Europskenoviny.sk
