Short vita
Barbora Krempaska joined the Prague office in September 2022. She studied a double Bachelor's degree and a double Master's degree at the Charles University in Prague in the cooperation with the University of Regensburg and the Pedagogical University in Cracow. While studying German and Central European Studies in Prague, she worked as a secretary and project coordinator at the university. Before joining the Prague team, she completed an internship at the German Bundestag as part of an international programme: Internationales Parlaments-Stipendium des Deutschen Bundestages. Barbora is fluent in English, German, Polish and Slovak.
Contributions
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Election Campaign in Poland: The Desired Turning Point at Reach
This Sunday, the parliamentary election will take place in Poland. The topics of the election campaign range from women's rights to inflation and security. The ruling PiS party's anti-campaign targets Donald Tusk and tries to portray him as a vassal of Germany and Brussels. A referendum parallel to the elections is intended to strengthen the PiS's influence. Poland is facing a crucial election that will influence its political fate and its role in the EU.
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No Liberal Miracle in Slovakia: Prorussian Smer Party Wins the Election
The last polls just before the election gave reason for hope. According to the polls, the Liberals could look forward to strong gains and, even more, the chance to take first place. The polls on the election day itself, published after the polling stations closed last Saturday shortly before 11 pm, also predicted a victory for the ALDE member party Progresívne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia, abbreviated PS). On Sunday morning, however, disappointment prevailed: The left-wing populist Robert Fico, an outspoken sympathiser of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, won the election with just under 23 percent. Who is Robert Fico?
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The Contemporary Human Rights Situation in Central and Eastern Europe
Join us for our online roundtable on October 5th at 5 p. m. The roundtable will discuss and present the publication “The Contemporary Human Rights Situation in Central and Eastern Europe” as a result of shared design between the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Russia and Central Asia, office in exile, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom for Central Europe and the Baltic States, and the Novum Institute from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Harsh election campaign: Does Europe have to fear a Slovak Orbán?
Violence, hate speech and fights accompany the last phase of the election campaign of the snap parliamentary elections in Slovakia. The focus of the election campaign is on the alleged biggest threats to Slovakia: progressivism, liberalism, LGBT and gender ideology, illegal migration, the USA, Brussels, Soros NGOs, the media and so on. Role models are being sought in Poland, in Hungary and even in Russia. Will Slovakia ultimately continue its pro-Western course or fall prey to populism and pro-Russian propaganda?
