International Relations
Interview
Florence Gaub on Navigating a Renewed Conflict in the Middle East – INTERVIEW
3 October 2024
In our weekly podcast, we ask the question about the state of Central Europe after the last EU summit. Just before the negotiations, Victor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki along with Jaroslaw Kaczyński were threatening to veto the next Multi-annual Financial Framework and the European Recovery Fund. While the leaders of both countries were telling the story of Central European unity and support, in fact, we also heard vocal opposition to the veto from other countries in the region.
While the V4 does not need a coherent voice on every possible political initiative (and it is often just a platform for consultation), the nature of cooperation between these countries remains a valid question, especially after two V4 members were threatening the vital interests of everyone else against common sense and acceptable norms.
Views from across Central Europe are provided by Marcin Zaborowski (Res Publica Nowa), Zuzana Stuchlíková (Europeum), Bogdan Góralczyk (Warsaw University), Edit Zgut (Visegrad Insight Fellow) and Tomáš Strážay (SFPA).
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