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Ukraine didn’t receive almost €1,5 billion from EU because it hasn’t completed 3 reforms. What are these reforms, and why weren’t they done?The Slovak Chamber of Teachers warns that the state is neglecting linguistical and psychological support for children from Ukraine and has turned to the EU Commission and the UN. The criticism was echoed by the Supreme Audit Office and the Children’s Commissioner, who warned of the risk of a “lost generation.” The Education Ministry rejects the accusations. Written by Yana Sliemzina, Gwara Media Read more |
All Visegrad Group countries declare their commitment to the enlargement of the EU and NATO, with a unanimous focus on integrating Western Balkan (WB) countries. This unanimity fades in relation to Kosovo, although according to Péter Szijjártó, a Hungarian MFA, “The more members we [the EU] have, the stronger we are”.
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.
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.
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.