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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Being queer in Slovakia? A nightmare
Slovak queer people barely enjoy any rights in their homeland. In the still strongly catholic country, there are no officially approved partnerships for people with same-sex orientation. On the contrary, marriage is anchored in the constitution as a unique bond between a man and a woman. The anti-LGBTQI+ and anti-gender narratives of top Slovak politicians and the Catholic Church, are contributing to this.
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Slovakia in chaos before Christmas: the collapse of the government is only the beginning
In Slovakia, the conservative-populist minority government of Prime Minister Eduard Heger has been brought down by a vote of no confidence. President Zuzana Čaputová dismissed the government the following day. However, the political crisis in Slovakia is far from over. Apart from the fact that Slovakia does not yet have an approved budget for next year, early elections are now likely to be held, the outcome of which could change Slovakia's foreign policy direction from West to East.
