The Visegrad Group (V4) has recently drawn attention thanks to its unity and disunity during the migration crises. However, the V4 cooperation is more structured and covers larger field than it might have been acknowledged due to the significance of recent EU’s discussions on the quotas and the role the V4 played in it. The purpose of the event is to present and discuss the Central European viewpoint on the current direction of the EU. There will be presented results of a unique survey which thoroughly examined the opinions of 430 top foreign policy trend – setters from the V4. Moreover, a discussion of the V4 MEPs will add a viewpoint of the Brussels’ insiders on the Central European contribution to the EU’s policies.

Speakers:

• H.E. Jaroslav Kurfürst, Ambassador, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Brussels
• Vít Dostál, Director of the Research Center, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Czech Republic
• Stefan Gehrold, Head of European Office, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
• Agnieszka Łada, Head of the European Programme, Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Poland
• Milan Nič, Managing Director, Central European Policy Institute (CEPI), Slovakia
• Zsuzsanna Végh, Research Fellow,Center for EU Enlargement Studies, Central European University(CENS CEU), Hungary
• Ivan Štefanec, MEP, KDH/EPP
• Tamás Meszerics, MEP, LMP/The Greens

Date and time

Thursday, November 19, 2015
9:30 –12:45

Location

Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU,
15 Rue Caroly,
Brussels

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Organizer

AMO

In cooperation with

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Open Society Foundations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Repubic, Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union

WORKING LANGUAGES

English

Official hashtag

#V4trends