At Frank Bold, Anna is part of the Responsible Energy team, and as an analyst, she finds, sorts, and writes arguments on why renewable energy is the right path for the Czech Republic.
She has a degree in European Studies and International Relations, and she spent a couple of years working in this field and as an analyst on European legislation in the field of agriculture and environment. She has been involved in the implementation of several Ministry of Agriculture grants and two political campaigns for ODS candidates, and she's written a number of articles for Euroskop.cz. Her passion for running and marketing led her to work for a sports equipment e-shop for a year and a half. Implementing marketing campaigns from the first letter to evaluating results taught her to write clearly and think creatively.
In her spare time, she enjoys running, coaching novice runners at Running Zone running club, and reading.
“I was looking for a job that was meaningful. I found it at Frank Bold. And if that weren't enough, I have great colleagues here and every day I work on things I strongly believe in.”
In mid-December, the European Commission acknowledged a large part of the arguments put forward by the Czechia in an effort to prevent the expansion and continuation of illegal mining at the Turów mine in Poland, that endangers the sources of drinking water for thousands of people in the Liberec region and, according to new studies, has serious impacts on groundwater in Germany as well. Frank Bold's lawyers, who defend the interests of Czech citizens, have long been involved in the case.
The Frank Bold Society and the Neighbourhood Association Uhelná called on the Czech government today to be more consistent in its negotiations with Poland over mining at the Turów brown coal mine. According to both organisations, the government did not have enough information or time to prepare an agreement that would truly protect Czech interests. Moreover, the government has acted in a non-transparent manner by failing to inform the public in advance of the terms of the agreement being prepared, which should lead to the withdrawal of the action against Poland at the EU Court of Justice. The organisations have therefore drawn up a document with seven basic demands on which the Czech side should insist.
The European Commission recently introduced a draft of the revised EU ETS Directive which, among other things, proposes that 100 % of ETS revenues should be used for environmental measures. We welcome this idea but we’re also sceptical about how the ETS revenues are used in the Czech Republic. Therefore, we have prepared an analysis mapping the use of ETS revenues in Czech Republic and sent it to the European Commission as an input for the recent public consultation. The main conclusions are presented below.
