Name: The Visegrád Group after 35 years: the story of a region that changed faster than its own project
Uploaded: 2026-02-20T09:34:31+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: The Visegrád Group was founded on February 15, 1991 as a joint path for three post-communist countries back to Europe. Thirty-five years later, however, it is clear that the original unity has faded and the individual states now pursue different priorities. When Václav Havel, Lech Wałęsa, and József Antall met in Visegrád in February 1991,

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The Visegrád Group was founded on February 15, 1991 as a joint path for three post-communist countries back to Europe. Thirty-five years later, however, it is clear that the original unity has faded and the individual states now pursue different priorities.

When Václav Havel, Lech Wałęsa, and József Antall met in Visegrád in February 1991, their aim was to demonstrate that Central Europe was ready to overcome the legacy of the Soviet era.

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