Patricia Bajtosova interns in the ECOSOC policy section at Politheor. She recently graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a MS degree in Development Studies. Her interests revolve around the financing, effectiveness and transparency of public projects supported by EU funding in the area of the social policy, regional development and cohesion in Central and Eastern Europe.
The emphasis on rule of law in the next EU budget framework (2021-2027) is a first step in addressing the risk of corruption in the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). It is likely that a soft coercive mechanism will be chosen in on-going negotiations due to its political soundness and will not be effective in targeting the corruption cycle as a whole.
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An integration project in a village in eastern Slovakia, Spišský Hrhov, is a success story of Roma inclusion. It sets an example for policy-making and strategic targeting of funding for both the EU and other Member States. The EU urgently has to achieve higher value for money in future integration efforts.
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