... and the reader’s initial feeling that perhaps ambitions have been set too high disappears by the end of the introduction.
To be sure, despite initial scepticism that this union of three states in Central Europe (four after the breakup of Czechoslovakia) would last, the Visegrad group turned out to be the only successful project in the post-socialist space, which is still undergoing transformations. Not only has the Visegrad Group successfully made it through a difficult quarter of a century without any serious conflicts,...
... spending to two-percent at the expense of social programs, and the frontline role in view of a potential armed conflict in Europe.
Vadim Trukhachev
Vadim Trukhachev: the Visegrad Gainers from Ukraine Tragedy
The obvious beneficiary appears to be the Visegrad Group of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, where both Russia-haters and opponents of sanctions are set to obtain dividends.
Domestic Politics
Newly elected Polish president Andrzej Duda, whose campaign was permeated with the Ukraine parlance and insistence on military assistance ...
... that shares its legal address and Permanent Presidency is the Visegrad Fund, established in 2000. It accumulates and allocates resources to support regional interaction in cultural areas and rapprochement with the Eastern Partnership countries.
The Visegrad Group’s annual interaction plans are coordinated alternately by Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with the Presidency rotating in late June
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. It is important to note that the Presiding countries’ plans often lack the main element – continuity. In other words, the VG represents a policymakers’ ...
