V4

On May 20th 2021, Think Visegrad Platform organised a closed roundtable entitled “Visegrad perspectives on the "Fit for 55" climate package”. The meeting was conducted online and was held under the Chatham House rules. The debate focused on the Central and Eastern European countries’ perceptions of the EU 2030 climate targets, establishing at least 55% emissions cut compared to 1990 levels, and the challenges the V4 countries will face when implementing this new target.

On 21 April, EUROPEUM's Brussels office organised the webinar "V4 and larger regional platforms: Convergence or competition?" as a part of the Think Visegrad platform, which brings together 8 think-tanks from Central Europe.

We would like to invite you to the debate "V4 and larger regional platforms: Convergence or competition?" Organized by the Think Visegrad platform which brings together 8 think-tanks from Central Europe.

Our research associate Zuzana Stuchlíková was quoted in the Spanish newspaper "El País". In an article about the V4 member states and their relationship to the vaccine, Sputnik V.

We would like to invite you to the webinar Perceptions of the EU in Central Europe amid COVID-related crisis organized by the Think Visegrad platform which brings together 8 think-tanks from Central Europe.

In his latest contribution, Márk Szabó deals with the issue of relations of the Visegrad Group, especially its internal coherence, but also the relationship with the EU.

In her blog post, Liliana Kotval discusses the approach of the Czech Republic and other V4 countries to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and their cooperation with the EU.

The director of our institute, Vladimír Bartovic, commented for the daily Pravda.sk on a meeting between the Slovak Prime Minister Matovič and the French President Macron.

Join a debate organised by Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ/CFA) with Institut Montaigne in cooperation with EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy and other partners. The debate will take place on January 28 at 4 PM in Zoom, you have to register to be able to attend.

Our research collaborator Zuzana Stuchlíková is a guest of the Visegrad Insight podcast, which discusses the state of Central Europe after the December EU summit and the V4 perspective in connection with the compromise on the rule of law.

We would like to invite you to a debate "A Europe fit for Digital Age – Challenges regarding the development of 5G networks in Europe and in V4". The event, organized by the Think Visegrad platform which brings together 8 think-tanks from Central Europe, will take place on Thursday 17 December at 17 PM on Facebook.

The director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Vladimír Bartovic, was a guest of the broadcast of the Czech Radio Plus station on Sunday, November 29. In the interview, he commented on the current Slovenian cooperation with Hungary and Poland.