Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki assessed that the “attitude to the war” in Ukraine strongly divided the Visegrad Group. (a group of four Central European Countries – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic – ed.) However, he announced that he wants to develop a formula in which “we will be able to return both to cooperation within the V4 and to joint activities with Hungary in those areas where we share values and interests.” At the end of July, the head of the Polish government said that “the paths of Poland and Hungary have separated”.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was asked in an interview about the suspension of the Visegrad Group’s activities caused by different approaches to the war in Ukraine, on the one hand Polish, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Hungary on the other.
In his opinion, cooperation within the Visegrad Group strengthens our countries very much. – In this case, one plus one plus one plus one equals not four, but seven or eight. That is why our group continues despite different governments, sometimes very different, in individual countries – he said.
V4 meetings may return – Morawiecki
“I intend to try to develop a formula in which, by clearly naming the discrepancies, respecting the sensitivity of Ukrainian friends, we will be able to return both to cooperation within the V4 and to joint activities with Hungary in those areas where we share values and interests. I believe in developing such a common ground. Poles are also probably more ready for it today than in March or April – said the Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, on July 29, the head of the Polish government said that “the paths of Polish and Hungary have separated.” Morawiecki replied to the question whether he confirmed the words of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who stated on 23 July that the war in Ukraine had shaken Polish-Hungarian cooperation, which is the axis of the Visegrad Group.
Orban also estimated that the goals of both countries are the same, but “the problem is on the side of the heart”, because while Hungarians look at this conflict as a war of two Slavic nations, Poles “feel that they are also fighting in it”.
