On May 9, we celebrate Europe Day – the celebration of the idea of European unity, while on May 1 we remembered the historical fact that 20 years ago Latvia joined the European Union. The past 20 years have been evaluated in the study “Latvia in the European Union – 20 years”, about the conclusions of which on Thursday, May 9 at 14:00 in the program “Spried ar Delfi”, journalist Andris Auzāns will ask the author of the study – the leading researcher of the University of Latvia (LU) Žaneta Ozoliņa and the professors of the LU. director of think tank “LV PEAK” Inna Šteinbuku.
As reported, the study “Latvia in the European Union – 20 years” focuses on three thematic directions, which are particularly important for Latvia’s development, prosperity and sustainability: economy, politics and security, and culture, education, science.
The study analyzes both overcoming the financial crisis and 10 years of experience, as Latvia is a member state of the eurozone, as well as the Covid-19 crisis and the EU’s role in mitigating it. The study also looks at the challenges of inflation and growth and the importance of EU budget funds in the development of Latvia. The study also examines the public’s attitude towards democracy, Europe’s response to disinformation, the aspect of public trust, as well as Latvia’s involvement in European-level decision-making, aspects of the expansion of Latvian politics and challenges in the field of security.
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