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The V4 countries stand for strong nation-state frameworks and the support for families

Partenaire March 20, 2021

This article has been published online by Századvég on March 10, 2021. The alliance of the Visegrad countries – Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic – is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The importance of the cooperation is demonstrated by the…

Society

Central Europe: The last bastion of Europe?

Thibaud Gibelin March 11, 2021

This article was originally published on Tysol.fr on March 5, 2021. For the thirty-year anniversary of the Visegrád Group, and split this week between the PPE and Fidesz, Thibaud Gibelin takes a look and contextualises Central Europe’s uncomfortable, yet decisive, situation. What was…

Society

Europe of the Carpathians Conference on February 27-28

Partenaire February 26, 2021

Europe of the Carpathians - a forum for meetings and cooperation about preserving the unique richness of culture and nature in Central Europe, about the region, the Three Seas Initiative and the European Union, about our civilisation, strategies and economic development, about…

Politics

Press statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after a meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrád Four

The Editorial Board February 19, 2021

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, Honourable Prime Minister, Dear Mateusz, Thank you for inviting me. A Pole can hardly do a Hungarian a greater favour than invite him to Krakow. Whenever under communism we wanted to breathe the air of civilisation, this…

Politics

Address by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the ceremonial handover of the child armour of King of Poland Sigismund II Augustus

The Editorial Board February 18, 2021

At the occasion of the V4 summit on February 17, Hungary gave back to Poland a historical artefact. Here is Hungarian Prime Minister's speech: Ladies and Gentlemen, My greetings to you all, and particularly to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his wife.…

Magyar Nemzet

Viktor Orbán: “Fulfilling our mission”

Partenaire February 18, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on February 18, 2021. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's article on the occasion of the V4 summit of February 17, 2021, celebrating the 30 years of the Visegrád group. Our nations feel…

Magyar Nemzet

Together we can achieve more

Partenaire February 18, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on February 17, 2021. An article written by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In Europe, after the fall of communism, we were freed from Soviet influence. New opportunities and challenges arose for Central…

Politics

The Visegrád Group blows out its 30 candles

Sébastien Meuwissen February 16, 2021

On Monday, 15 February 2021, the Visegrád Group (V4) celebrates its 30th anniversary. On this occasion, the presidents of the four countries of the group met for a two-day summit on 9 and 10 February on the Hel Peninsula in northern Poland.…

Society

East and West – Status Report

David Engels February 5, 2021

Europe – Notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic that has dominated the media’s attention, recent discussions concerning the EU budget clearly highlight that the most important divide on the continent is not between the North and the South but rather between the East and…

Magyar Nemzet

Promigration parties seek to weaken the V4 negotiating position

Partenaire October 4, 2020

Visegrád Group - XXI. Század Intézet (XXI. Century Institute): Promigration politicians are attempting to impair the V4 negotiating position Intense debates are anticipated; the so-called “rule of law” attacks against our country serve to weaken Hungary and the V4’s negotiating position in…

Politics

Having shown its irrelevance against the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU gets a second chance on the economic side of the crisis

Olivier Bault May 2, 2020

European Union - The European Union has had to face harsh criticism for its belated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for its early open hostility towards member states closing their borders to protect their own populations. In the first weeks of…

Society

COVID-19 epidemic spreading slower in the V4 than in Western Europe thanks to measures taken earlier

Olivier Bault April 2, 2020

Visegrád Group - The first country of the Visegrád group to confirm cases of COVID-19 on its territory was Czechia on March 3. The remaining three countries quickly followed suit, as many people were returning from their winter holidays in such places…