Visegrad Group Analysis in its Anniversary Year: Not Just Summing Up the Results

... environmentally safe manufacturing, patenting technological innovations, etc. It is conducive to shaping uniform policies on an ever-expanding range of issues. The Ukrainian crisis and the difficulties in Russia–Ukraine relations have stripped Slovakia and Poland of their crucial role in distributing Russian hydrocarbons. Now, the V4 countries are somewhat frustrated with the current system, whereby they receive Russian gas from the west, via Germany: it is more expensive, and also deprives the V4 region of some of its significance for the European Union, as a transit region for ...