Episode Details

Earlier  this month, the leaders of nine countries from Central and Eastern  Europe met during the Bucharest Nine virtual summit. They were also  joined by NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg as well as United  States President Joe Biden. With an increasingly palpable number of  regional groupings to discuss shared interests, what makes the Bucharest  meeting on security and particularly NATO's Eastern Flank stand apart?  H.E. Ovidiu Dranga, the outgoing Romanian ambassador to Poland, sheds  his light on the discussions in Bucharest, the Polish-Romanian bilateral  relationship and the prospects of the Three Seas Initiative. In the  first half of the episode, we discuss a vote of no-confidence in  Czechia, the 'Polish Deal' dividing the opposition, disagreements in the  Slovak governing coalition and Gergely Karácsony's run as PM candidate  for the united Hungarian opposition.

NATO’s Eastern Flank Summit in Bucharest: https://visegradinsight.eu/natos-eastern-flank-summit-in-bucharest/

The Unseen Experience of Physical and Sexual Violence in Central Europe: https://visegradinsight.eu/unseen-experience-of-physical-and-sexual-violence-in-central-europe/

Searching for a Common European Response: https://visegradinsight.eu/searching-for-a-common-european-response/

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