National campaigner, Slovakia
Email: juraj.melichar AT bankwatch.orgTel.: +421 903 473 816
More from Juraj Melichar
In Slovakia, a shining example of EU funds for renewables and families
December 11, 2018 | Read more
There is a sad joke in Slovakia that the country could become a museum for renewable energy sources (RES). Not because the Slovak physicist Aurel Stodola invented in 1928 the world’s oldest heat pump that still powers Geneva’s city hall, but because of its antiquated energy policy that lacks systematic support for renewables at the local and national levels.
Position on the Multiannual Financial Framework
July 9, 2018 | Read more
For nearly three decades, the EU Budget, and especially sectoral instruments such as the Cohesion Policy, has been a proven catalyst in the fight against climate change and the transition to a low-carbon energy system. By providing public investments i
An experiment with EU funded sustainable transport
December 5, 2017 | Read more
A train ride offers time for reflecting on how the EU budget can be put to use for the common good.
One of the positive outcomes of the debate about Europe’s Energy Union was an increased attention to the issue of Just Transition*. Even more promising is that the debate is moving from Brussels to the very regions that are facing an imminent coal phaseout. One of those regions is Horna Nitra /Upper Nitra in Slovakia.
