On 2 December 2021, Visegrad Insight held a closed-door expert discussion with Péter Márki-Zay, a candidate of the United Opposition for the Prime Minister of Hungary. Programme: Wojciech Przybylski – welcome Péter Márki-Zay – introduction Edit Zgut – moderating the discussion

According to foreign policy analysts, the Kremlin is playing a game of chicken — in other words, who is the coward. Experts and diplomats alike advise the European Union (EU) not to give in to Russian pressure. However, it’s not the EU, but two allies with significant capabilities that would...

December will see the Summit for Democracy rebuild alliances across the Western world and the globe, with Hungary being a notable exception. The conflict in Ukraine is set to escalate with the intimidation of 100,000 Russian troops along the border and destabilising domestic scandals while media takeovers continue throughout the...

As Russian troops amassed along the Ukrainian border in unprecedented numbers, and it looks like the US and the EU governments are taking the Russian threat seriously as never before, military and economic experts are welcome to take the floor first.

On November 30th, 2021, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, we held an in-person foresight conference dedicated to mapping out relevant policy developments ahead of the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in December this year.

It is a detail, but an illustrative one: in the 178 pages of the coalition agreement of the German Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats, 39 words are devoted to German-French cooperation; German-Polish cooperation is given 31 words; not a single line about the Czech Republic.

Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the liberal FDP presents itself as a pro-EU force that would push for a European Federation. According to the coalition treaty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) would be joined by Christian Lindner (FDP) as new finance minister, Anna Baerbock (Greens)...

The future for Belarus and the future for all of Europe are closely connected. We walk together on the same path.

American President Joe Biden’s inaugural Summit for Democracy scheduled for 9-10 December will bring together heads of state of more than 100 countries, civil society and the private sector. Hungary was the only EU country not invited along with Russia, Belarus and Turkey.