Framework of the Institutional Structures for EU Affairs in the Czech Republic

Contents:

• Europeanisation of the civil service in the Czech Republic
• Institutional implications of the EU decision-making cycle
• Formal and informal norms and channels of influence
  • European regulatory framework
  • Czech regulatory framework
• The Periods of Czech institutional development
• Vertical and horizontal cleavages in the management of the EU affairs
• Vertical Cleavage
• Horizontal line/cleavage
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Office of the Prime Minister
• Other institutions
• Conclusions: Autonomy and the European models for the reform
• References