The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the Visegrad countries hard but not equally in terms of seriousness and its evolution in time.
By EURACTIV.sk, EURACTIV.cz, EURACTIV.pl, Political ...
... power station in the Central European region. Poland, the Czech Republic’s partner from the Visegrad group, wants to increase its nuclear energy capacity as well and build a new nuclear power station based ...
Elif Gündüzyeli is a Senior Coal Policy Coordinator at the Climate Action Network.
By Aneta Zachová, EURACTIV.cz
Visegrad countries are not very ambitious when it comes to climate protection and ...
... and level the global playing field. The EU27 need to keep in sight the necessity to maintain focus on cohesion.
By Botond Feledy (CEID senior fellow)
This holds true especially because the Visegrad ...
... nor in Hungarian, Polish and Slovak. Then, Czechia is the only country from the Visegrad four that has already submitted its final Long Term Renovation Strategies required by the EU. However, Czech strategy ...
The process of drafting of national recovery plans under a difficult time constraints seems to be a handful for all of the Visegrad countries. The stakeholder involvement, streamlining their requests and ...
Visegrad governments should use the opportunity of the crisis for structural changes and reforms in the labour market, education and healthcare. They should also look beyond the GDP and embrace green transformation. ...
The attempts of China to gain influence is all the more reason to increase mutual cooperation between Germany and the Visegrad Group within our membership of the EU, says Renata Alt from German FDP in ...
Awareness of the dangers of climate change is growing in the Visegrad countries. The vast majority of the inhabitants of these countries also want climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050. However, ...
The recovery of European economies after the coronavirus pandemic may become – thanks to national recovery plans financed by the EU funds – a prelude to catching up with climate goals. Are the Visegrad ...
... behind its Visegrad neighbours.
By Zuzana Gabrižová (EURACTIV.sk)
Global superpower
If there is an global economic ranking where Slovakia repeatedly occupies the first place, it’s the car production ...
... and bringing things forward.
The topic of conditionality brings us to the Visegrad Group. Where do you see the biggest potential for Finland to cooperate with V4 and what issues are the most difficult ...
... must be called into question when it conflicts with fundamental values. For instance, principled democrats in Slovakia might call for suspending participation in the V4 Visegrad Group until the Article ...
... the people from coal-abundant regions behind. Visegrad Group countries still struggle with the when-question, while Poland is still on the whether-stage. Simultaneously, several regions in the V4 states ...
... in the EU is the requirement of Polish patriotism. This does not mean, however, that we accept everything”, said PiS chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
Important partner is leaving
In terms of VIsegrád-British ...
There was a time when Kiev perceived the Visegrad Group as an „advocate” of the Ukrainian case in the EU. Today, it prefers to pursue relations with them on a more bilateral basis, in an interview says ...
... and the V4, while at the same time doing justice to existing national differences, writes Anna-Lena Kirch from the Hertie School of governance.
By Anna-Lena Kirch
From a Berlin lens, the Visegrad ...
... at least more present in people’s mind.
But it’s not only East-West divide, it’s also North-South divide and also the big countries against the small countries. So, it’s not a clear-cut line.
Visegrad ...
... support of EU finance chiefs, several Member states have gone ahead with their own digital taxes on internet giants. A similar step is currently being considered by the Visegrád countries.
Slovakia has ...
Although the Visegrad Group’s members are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the collapse of communist dictatorships this year, multilevel EU procedures are ongoing against Hungary and Poland for rule ...