After German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent meeting with the heads of government of the Visegrad Group, DW asks if Central Europe has the economic cloud to push its own agenda in a changing Europe.
The V4 (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) wants to change that.
Only recently, three of the V4 demanded compensation for making green changes to their economies in the EU's next seven-year budget, known as the multiannual financial framework (MFF).
Observers often refer to the V4 as "two plus two" because of their different attitudes toward European integration. Slovakia and the Czech Republic are relatively EU-friendly, while Hungary and Poland are much more euroskeptic. Slovakia is the only country to belong to the eurozone.
Asked if she thought the Central European quartet that makes up the Visegrad Group (V4)could soon rival other EU regional blocs for supremacy within the corridors of Brussels, one EU diplomat offered a curt reply: "No," she said, smiled and departed.
The V4 (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) wants to change that.
Only recently, three of the V4 demanded compensation for making green changes to their economies in the EU's next seven-year budget, known as the multiannual financial framework (MFF).
Read more at: Visegrad Group: A new economic heart of Europe? | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 05.07.2019
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