by Eszter Zalan The European Commission will roll out its budget proposals for 2021-2027 next Wednesday proposing more EU spending after Brexit. While the EU's executive aims for a quick agreement that could boost the bloc's confidence, its plans will pitch Central and Eastern member states...
Dániel Bartha | Download | CEID Perspectives The Hungarian elections took place on the 8th April. With a 69 % turnout, the governing Fidesz party secured 49,8% of the votes, enough for an absolute majority (about 68%) in the Hungarian Parliament. Prime Minister Orbán indicated during and following the campaign that certain freedoms will be further...
On 9th March Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) organised a roundtable discussion in Eger in cooperation with ERSTE Foundation, National Cooperation Fund (NEA) and, in this case, Agria Universitas Association in Eger with the title of "Security Policy Challenges in the 21st Century:...
Think Visegrad Fellowship About: Think Visegrad is a think tank platform for structured dialogue on issues of strategic regional importance. The platform aims to analyze key issues for the Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), and provides recommendations to the governments of Visegrad Group (V4) countries, the...
The Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) organized a European Café event on February 12, 2018. The title of the discussion was “New Dimensions - The Relationship Between the V4 and France.” Experts from France and the V4 explored areas of cooperation and examined significant policy...
This year CEID partnered with the Hungarian Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) to organize the Think Visegrad Mid-Term Conference 2018 held in Tata and Budapest. We were pleased to bring together over 40 experts from the V4 and around the globe to provide...
The Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) organized a European Café event on the 15th of December. The title of the discussion was “The Euro Dilemma: Success in the Baltics, Concerns in the V4” with the participation of Mr István Újhelyi, Member of the...
Our Executive Director, Daniel Bartha, recently wrote an article looking at the implementation of the 2004 V4 reforms and how external factors have facilitated further cooperation. Furthermore, the article investigates how long the V4 can remain an effective partnership. Read the full article here. 02/01/2018...
The Civil Servants Mobility Program (CSMP) is the project of the Think Visegrad Think Tank Platform that aims to educate civil servants from Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan countries through organizing study visits in the V4 countries. The study visits focus on the past experience of...
With the beginning of the millennium, the Visegrad countries - the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia - began to improve their relations with Russia. Nevertheless, the Russian annexation of Crimea and its involvement in the war in Eastern Ukraine represented a major shift in...