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Economic and social issues were together with migration crisis in Europe top issues of parliamentary election campaign in the Slovak Republic in 2015/2016. Relevant political parties performed their proposals for future social and economic orientation of the country. Ruling social democrats (DIRECTION-SD) called for fixing their social program and present new initiative in that area (in sense of deepening of current social program). On the other hand, small right (opposition) political parties emphasized the neces...

European integration is probably the most successful example of integration in the world. After World War II six of European countries – France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands decided to cooperate more closely - mainly in the field of the economic cooperation (only later in political one). And it worked. The process of integration deepened slowly but effectively and more countries decided to join, the United Kingdom as well. The United Kingdom became the member of the European Communities...

France is a traditional European democracy. Its political system was relatively stable since late 1950s with two political blocs. Right – usually connected with the ideas of Charles de Gaulle and left – represented by Socialist party. The situation seems to be different in 2017. As François Hollande became extremely unpopular he decided not to candidate in 2017 anymore. Socialist party chose Benoît Hamon to be candidate but his result 6, 36 % in the first round was poor and more – the worst in the history ...

The nature of the threats the residents in the Slovak Republic are facing at present has changed after joining the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance. The cooperation and coordination of all these institutions has to work. The financial support of security and rescue forces has to be taken into consideration not only in the case of emergency but also during the problem solving preparatory period. Thanks to adequate financial support it was possible to create a good quality information system between se...