Is Visegrad-4 Countries Future in the European Union Questionable?

• Authors: Inotai Andras
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Visegrad Four (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) countries, known on international arena as V-4, never being strictly unifi ed grouping, in the context of the migrant crisis in the EU (2015 and after) seemed to emerged as one, unifi ed voice, at least in this particular issue. Due to the fact that especially Hungary and Poland are increasingly treated as a (nationalistic and populist) challenge toward the European values, as defined in so called Copenhagen criteria, the Author is trying to fi nd the answer about the future of the V-4 in the EU in the years to come.

Keywords

EN

European integration; European Union; Visegrad Group – V-4; liberal values; crises in the EU; nationalism; populism; external and internal security

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Centrum Europejskie
• Journal: Yearbook of Polish European Studies
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 20
• Pages: 61-83

Contributors

author

Inotai Andras

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