Listen to the latest commentary made by Štěpán Drábek, an analyst at EPICENTER's partner think tank CETA, on how the accession to the EU clearly helped the Czech Republic and brought it into the group of richer countries.  Paradoxically, a series of regulations are now destroying the idea on which the Union was founded, the idea of ​​a single and free market. On May 1 this year, the Czech Republic celebrated an important anniversary. Exactly 20 years ago today, we joined the European Union and thus became part of the single European market. In addition to the political consequences, joining the EU also had major economic impacts.