- Category: V4 Mirror
The fear in Berlin that the V4 acting as a blocking minority on more European policy dossiers has softened. Instead, German policy-makers and analysts are trying to identify common ground between Germany and the V4, while at the same time doing justice to existing national differences, writes Anna-Lena Kirch from the Hertie School of governance.
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The French perspective on Visegrad has gone through a certain amount of evolutions since the summer of 2015, which marks a turning point in going from a relative unknown to an object of increased interest, albeit not necessarily for positive reasons.
![V4 Prime Ministers in Warsaw, celebrating NATO accession. [TASR - Jakub Kotian]](/images/v4xx.jpg "V4 Prime Ministers in Warsaw, celebrating NATO accession. [TASR - Jakub Kotian]")
- Category: V4 Mirror
From the Westerns’ point of view we, with the policy of open arms, expected the new members to come in and accept not only the acquis, but also to accept all visions of the EU. Then came the realization that they are not fitting in what the West was expecting, says French political analyst.
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As we approach the European Parliamentary elections, Eurosceptic political rhetoric in Hungary and Poland is once again rising. It is hardly surprising given the critical view the governing parties and their leaders, Viktor Orbán and Jaroslaw Kaczyński share towards the European Union and some of its policies.
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Registered MEP-lobbyist meetings just tip of iceberg, warns transparency group
The nearly 30,000 registered meetings between MEPs and lobbyists over the last three years are just the tip of the iceberg, transparency campaigners have said.
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The Brief — Macron’s diplomatic plight
In the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, bashing Emmanuel Macron has become fashionable in EU circles. The French president has repeatedly said that he would continue speaking to Vladimir Putin. On Saturday, he went further by saying that...
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EU Council completes first review of Media Freedom Act
The EU Council completed on Monday (5 December) the first revision of the European Media Freedom Act at the technical level, with significant work still to be done on fundamental aspects of the proposal. The meeting of the Audiovisual and...