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Visegrád: The Evolving Pattern of Coordination and Partnership After EU Enlargement

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  • Csaba Törő
  • Eamonn Butler
  • Károly Grúber

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Multilateral, subregional partnerships are one of the defining features of contemporary European politics. The 2004 enlargement of the European Union introduced a new partnership entity to the mix—the Visegrád Group of states, comprising the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia—which offers its members a useful model to discuss and represent common interests in a collective manner within the regional and international political landscape. The article provides a reflection on the evolution of the Visegrád Group of states since 2004. It examines four key policy areas (institutional candidacy, energy policy, eastern neighbourhood and defence policy) where the group has either learned some difficult lessons or is seeking to apply those lessons. The article suggests that the Visegrád Group's greatest strength lies in its flexibility to become more responsive to the challenges it faces and it is likely therefore to remain appealing to its member states and to be a permanent feature within the wider cohort of European Union subregional partnerships.

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  • Csaba Törő & Eamonn Butler & Károly Grúber, 2014. "Visegrád: The Evolving Pattern of Coordination and Partnership After EU Enlargement," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 66(3), pages 364-393, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:66:y:2014:i:3:p:364-393
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.855392
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    1. Zapletalová, Veronika & Komínková, Magda, 2020. "Who is fighting against the EU's energy and climate policy in the European Parliament? The contribution of the Visegrad Group," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    2. Adam Sulich & Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc, 2021. "Renewable Energy Producers’ Strategies in the Visegrád Group Countries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-21, May.
    3. Balázs Szent-Iványi & Bernhard Reinsberg & Simon Lightfoot, 2019. "Small Donors in World Politics: The Role of Trust Funds in the Foreign Aid Policies of Central and Eastern European Donors," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(3), pages 663-683, July.
    4. Michal Kolmaš, 2023. "Diverging perceptions of the “Visegrad Four + ” format and the limits of the V4 + Japan cooperation," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 101-116, March.
    5. Król Karol, 2017. "The Quality of the Websites of Agritourism Farms in Visegrad Group Countries in the Light of Selected Synthetic Measures," Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne, Sciendo, vol. 10(4), pages 76-85, December.

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