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Security
Central Europe Cannot Ignore Indo-Pacific Tensions
20 November 2024
Whether it is the coronavirus, judiciary reforms, Russia or jihadism, Central Europe has different ideas about what constitutes important regional or global threats. The Czech cabinet decision to deploy soldiers in West Africa, contrary to Poland’s reluctance to engage in the south, shows the lack of a common frame of assessment.
In the latest chapter of the ongoing dispute over the Polish judiciary reforms, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová visited Warsaw this week, in an attempt to break the deadlock using face-to-face-diplomacy. The current government perceives Jourová as an easier interlocutor – than Frans Timmermans – in finding a possible compromise, although her meeting with Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro did not produce any concrete results.
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