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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…

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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…

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.…

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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

The Visegrád Four as the driving force behind Europe’s support for Belarusians

Olivier Bault September 1, 2020

Visegrád Group - “Poland still remembers the decisive events of 1989 and always supports its neighbours. I have called for an extraordinary meeting of the European Council and strong reaction from the EU to what is happening in Belarus. We must support…

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Lifting the lockdown and reactivating the economy in the countries of the Visegrád Group

Olivier Bault May 29, 2020

Having reacted faster to the COVID-19 pandemic than their Western European counterparts, the four countries of the Visegrád Group (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) were also among the first to reduce their lockdown measures – which were less stringent than…

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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…

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Poland against the coronavirus: the right measures at the right time?

Olivier Bault March 31, 2020

Poland - Almost four weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Poland (a Polish national returning from Germany who was tested positive on March 4), the measures taken by the government seem to have had a positive impact, like…

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