Udržitelnost veřejných financí České republiky a Slovenska od roku 2008 do roku 2022

This diploma thesis analyzes the development of the fiscal policy of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and the sustainability of the public finances of these countries between 2008 and 2022. The main goal of this thesis is to evaluate the fiscal policy of the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 2008 to 2022 with the impact on the sustainability of the public finances of these countries . In the theoretical part of the diploma thesis, the basic concepts and principles of the functioning of fiscal policy are summarized and an introduction to the issue of sustainability of public finances, including the presentation of the views of individual economic schools on this issue. In the practical part of the thesis, the political and economic development is presented first, and then the fiscal policy of the Czech Republic is analyzed. The same principle is applied to Slovakia, while at the end of each country's analysis, a summary of the country's key problems is presented, and possible solutions aimed at improving the current situation are further outlined. The result of the analysis is the finding that both countries suffer from the long-term unsustainability of their public finances stemming mainly from a deep structural imbalance of public finances, consisting on the one hand mainly in insufficient tax collection and on the other hand in excessive growth of government expenditure, the growth dynamics of which reaches higher values than in in the case of gross domestic product.