VYF Administrator – Stránka 4 – Visegrad Youth Forum

Polish PM tells CNN that Poland is very much pro-European

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland is very much pro-European despite aggravated relations with EU. „The countries from Western Europe which did not come through the communist times and post-communist times do not understand the idiosyncrasies and the different things that are happening in the central part of Europe, in the Czech Republic, […]

Visegrad countries urge stronger EU border defense

Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have called for the EU’s border management agency to be strengthened. The Visegrad Group has pushed for tough policies on irregular migration to the EU. The Visegrad group, along with Austria, has been critical of Merkel’s open-door policy to refugees. The Visegrad group’s decision comes at a tense […]

Hungary is ready for the opening of a new chapter in Hungarian-Turkic cooperation

In Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan, at the 6th Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary is ready for the opening of a new chapter in Hungarian-Turkic cooperation. The Prime Minister said that Hungary has always closely followed the cooperation between countries of Turkic identity, who – even in […]

Czech president under fire for skipping Prague Spring commemoration

Czech President Miloš Zeman was roundly criticized for refusing to take part in Tuesday’s commemoration of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led forces. The chairman of the center-right TOP 09 party, Jiří Pospíšil, accused the president of neglecting his constitutional duties by not taking part in events marking such an important moment in the […]

EU steps up legal case against Poland over Supreme Court changes

The European Commission on Tuesday stepped up its latest legal case against Poland, where the ruling nationalists stand accused of bulldozing the independence of courts and judges, thereby undercutting democracy. Governed by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, the EU’s largest ex-communist state has most recently enacted laws forcing into early retirement many Supreme Court […]

Slovakia as V4 Chair Wants to Cooperate with Benelux

During Slovakia’s ongoing presidency of the Visegrad Four group, the country wants to open a dialogue on current European issues involving the economic dimension as well as developing cooperation in the V4+Benelux format. To learn more about future perspectives of cooperation between V4 and Benelux, click HERE Source: TASR

Orbán’s team rejects EPP politician’s criticism

Heated word exchange between EPP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán Viktor is the latest chapter in an already strained relationship of Budapest and Brussels. Bertalan Havasi, the press chief for Orbán’s office, accused Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, a Swedish member of the EPP, of misquoting the prime minister, according to the […]

Polish perception on the current affairs of international policy after Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki

President Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin was not as bad as some feared, because Trump did not appear to have made concessions on Ukraine, Poland’s prime minister said on Tuesday. Trump said nothing in public at this summit to criticise Russia over any of the issues – from Syria to Ukraine to the poisoning […]

Slovakia picks U.S. fighter planes to replace Russian-made jets

Slovakia has agreed a $1.9 billion deal to buy 14 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to replace its ageing Russian-made MiG-29s, its defence ministry said on Wednesday. Slovakia picked the new F-16s made by Lockheed Martin over Swedish Gripen jets produced by Saab, calling them more modern and more advanced, according to an analysis published before […]

European Summit: Small Victory for the V4

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 but which is not a decisive victory for anyone, even if the V4 […]