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Czech EU Priorities
EESC Employers´ Group
Tomáš Prouza, State Secretary for European Affairs
Prague, 7th November 2014
Czech EU Priorities
1. Active participation of the Czech Republic on
the Eurozone reform
2. Better interconnection with the EU
3. Support of the real economy
4. Completing the Single Market
5. Strengthening of the méthode
communautaire
The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Europe 2020 Strategy Revision
• Generally positive experience
• Need to ensure higher interconnection and
coherence of policies and targets
• Support of consistency of existing targets, more
emphasis on qualitative aspects of current targets
• Key challenge – improve national ownership
• Need to improve timetable of the European
Semester, dialogue between Commission and
Member States, higher involvement of relevant
stakeholders
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TTIP
• 7 rounds of negotiations since July 2013
• Once implemented, possible benefits for EU
economy: growth of 0,5 % GDP (€120 billion; an
average household would gain €545) p.a.
• Removing trade barriers in wide range of
economic sectors
• Involves trade in goods and services, but also
investments and public procurement
• Regulatory issues, maintaining European standards
• Significant strategic and political effects
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2030 Climate and Energy Package
• 2030 climate and energy goals → economy and
energy systems more sustainable, competitive
and secure
• Trio of targets
– GHG Emissions (EU level/binding/ 40 %)
– RES (EU level/binding/ at least 27 %)
– EE (EU level/indicative/ at least 27 %)
• Other issues: EU ETS reform, governance, energy
security, IEM…
• The Czech Republic welcomes the compromise
made
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EU Energy Market
(Forthcoming challenge)
• Fourth target: 15 % interconnections
– Elimination of energy «black spots» and energy
islands
• Main topic at the following TTE
– Completion of functioning and interconnected EU
Energy Market
– Harmonization of regulatory framework; sharing the
information
We are well underway, but the work is not done yet.
The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Industrial Competitiveness
• Industrial Competitiveness means above all
coherence of EU policies
• Mainstreaming of the industrial competitiveness in
all policy areas
• Improving functioning of the Competitiveness
Council
• Effective strengthening of the High-Level Group for
Competitiveness
– establishment of HLG as a Working Group in its own
right
– stable chairmanship
– working programme
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Thank you for your attention!
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