HOW TO MAKE THE STATE MORE EFFECTIVE?

Reservations about liberal democracy and the susceptibility to populism and authoritarianism has been closely intertwined with the poor performance of the public administration, the deteriorating public education and healthcare services, and the general dissatisfaction with the basic lack of public safety in large swathes of the country. [...] As a consequence, the number per capita of COVID victims in Czechia was among the highest in the world.1 There is a real risk that the Czech state will also fail to navigate challenges that are yet to come, be it the ongoing costs of living crisis in the short and the impacts of climate change in the longer term. [...] Between 2012 and 2015, the index of the bureaucratic professionalism has increased in Poland relative to 89 out of the 94 countries.35 As a result, the country has exceeded the average performance of the OECD countries. [...] The improvement of the system of checks and balances Respond to the European Union's recommendation on how to improve the judiciary! The improvement of the checks and balances requires many policy steps, for instance: fixing the appointment of the judges of the Constitutional Court, removing the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, or changing the appointment of members of the National Counc. [...] Increasing the quality of civil services Strengthen the legal guarantees of the autonomy of civil service! One of the fundamental issues is to maintain the autonomy of civil service that allows it to operate in the balance between political neutrality and responsiveness to its superior.