Lubor LacinaLubor Lacina (1969) is Professor of Economics and Management at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. He specializes in the economics of European integration, with emphasis on monetary integration, fiscal centralization and EU policies. Since 202 he has been holder of European Commission Jean Monnet grants - Jean Monet Chair in Economics and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. He is director of think tank Mendel European Centre. He is member of Czech National Convent on EU. He is editor of policy paper series within Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence framework (mec.mendelu.cz). He is editor and co-author of more than ten monographs on EU integration like European Crossroads (2015); Political Economy of Eurozone Crisis (2012) or Economic Performance of European Union (2009) and more than 100 scientific articles. He is frequently providing interviews and commentaries for both public and private media on EU and eurozone issues. Read More Read Less