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Illegal Immigration to the EU: the V4 Proven Right Again in 2018 – but not all will Admit it

Olivier Bault March 1, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Article originally published on Kurier.plus. Central Europe, Visegrad Group - Although the number of illegal immigrants flooding to Europe has been significantly reduced since the crisis of 2015, when about one million migrants made their way north through the Balkans…

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The new Czech Prime Minister Babiš rejects firmly the EU’s quotas

The Editorial Board March 7, 2018

Originally published on the Prague Morning. Czechia - Andrej Babiš has said there is ‘no way’ the Czech Republic will agree to Brussels’ demand that the nation accept a quota of migrants from the third world. Speaking in the country’s parliament on Thursday,…

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Hungary, Poland and Czechia sanctionned

Ferenc Almássy June 14, 2017

European Union - The European Commission has initiated on Monday, June 12, an infringement procedures against Hungary, Poland and Czechia for those countries’ failing to implement the community’s earlier decision on refugee quotas. EU migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told on Tuesday to…

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Czechia is now also targeted by the European Commission

The Editorial Board June 12, 2017

Czechia - As Czechia announced early June to withdraw from the legally binding relocation scheme of the EU, the European Commission threatens to take the Czech government to court. Despite the threats of the EU migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, Czechia's government announced…

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The Fight of the two Europes

Ferenc Almássy May 21, 2017

European Union - It has not gone unnoticed that the European Union is considering using the so-called "Article 7" of the Treaty of Lisbon towards Hungary, suspending its right to vote. At the same time, Poland and Austria have also received serious…