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Jacek Saryusz-Wolski: “The Visegrad Group Demonstrates to Western Europe that an Other Way is Possible”

Olivier Bault January 23, 2019

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Member of the European Parliament : "The Visegrad Group demonstrates to Western Europe that an other way is possible". In November 2018, as the Visegrád Post covered the 100th anniversary of the recovery of Poland's independence, Olivier Bault met with Jacek…

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2019 European Parliament Elections: Chess Game in Central Europe

The Editorial Board January 16, 2019

By the editorial board. What will the European Parliament look like after the elections of May 26? Chess game in Central Europe, Salvini's activism, repositioning of Western European populists, consequences of Brexit and questions about Fidesz and ANO. The meeting between…

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Poland, Hungary and France: A Common Cause

The Editorial Board January 2, 2019

By Antoni Trzmiel. Poland - We publish here the translation of Antoni Trzmiel's editorial about the partnership we started with them. The dorzeczy.pl website, belonging to the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy, has begun cooperation with the Visegr á d Post…

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Macron’s clumsy offensive on Central Europe

Ferenc Almássy October 31, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. European Union - On 26 and 27 October 2018, the President of the French Republic visited Slovakia and Czechia. Once again, the French President tried to divide central Europe. In a context of electoral campaign on a continental scale,…

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European Summit: small victory for the V4

The Editorial Board June 30, 2018

On Thursday 28 and Friday 29 of June the leaders of the 28 Member States of the European Union met in Brussels for a summit to discuss in particular migration policy at a European scale. A summit that has brought some progress…

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The Visegrád Group and Austria Interior Ministers met in Budapest – strengthening of the regional cooperation on migration

The Editorial Board June 28, 2018

Article originally published on The Hungary Journal. Hungary - Interior ministers of the four Visegrad countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – and their Austrian counterpart met for talks in Budapest on Tuesday. After the talks, Hungary’s Sandor Pinter called…

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Visegrád – Austria Summit: Confirmed Entente

The Editorial Board June 22, 2018

The Visegrád Group and Austria met in Budapest for a summit on immigration therefore bypassing and declaring their boycott of the planned "mini-summit" on the subject. Hungary - On Thursday, 21 June, Budapest hosted a summit of the Visegrád Group (Poland, Czechia,…

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What is the significance of Visegrád?

Gábor Tóth June 5, 2018

By Gábor Tóth, President of the Gateway to Europe, V4-China Association. Visegrád Group - As the political turmoil in Italy continues, the Visegrad group stands out more and more as the island of common sense, stability, long-term thinking and old European values.…

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Interview with Aleksander Dugin on the Visegrád Group – the opinion of a Russian nationalist about Central Europe

The Editorial Board May 30, 2018

Interview published originally on geopolitica.ru. Russia - Aleksander Dugin is a Russian nationalist intellectual and philosopher. Theorician of "the 4th political theory", traditionnalist, favourable to an Eurasian space, opposed to the "anglo-saxon thalassocratia", Aleksander Dugin is subject to many fantasies, such as being…

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How Visegrad Has Become a Vital Necessity for Hungary (and vice versa)

Modeste Schwartz May 29, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - I explained in a previous article why Viktor Orbán's FIDESZ staying in power was a condition of survival (successfully met for the time being) for the Visegrad Group. The opposite is no less true – and…

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Emmanuel Macron and Central Europe – 1/2

Thibaud Gibelin April 18, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. European Union – On Sunday April 15th the French President Emmanuel Macron gave a TV interview of around three hours. Halfway between his comfortable election in last May and the European elections of 2019, the event had the form…

Society

Victory for the V4: the European Union bans double quality of brand products

The Editorial Board April 16, 2018

European Union – The European Commission has announced on April 11th its will to ban difference of quality level for brand products depending on their destination market. A lot of brands sold products in Central and Eastern Europe that were presented as…