Višegradska grupa: razlozi udruživanja i perspektive integracije
Visegrad Group: Reasons for Integration and Its Perspectives

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the integration of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary into the Visegrad Group (VG). Forming of VG helped in keeping stability in this part of the Europe after the fall of the Eastern bloc. Still, its forming was influenced by other, long-term interests of the geostrategic character. Having this in mind, the structure of this article is divided into six parts. In the first, introductory part, the basic data of the member states are presented. The second part deals with the historical roots of instability in the relations between some VG members. The third part is devoted to the economic effects of forming VG and the effects caused by the great economic crisis. The fourth part deals with the geopolitical aspects of forming VG and the US geostrategic interests in Central and Eastern Europe. In the fifth part, we are trying to show the potential future political hot spots: Silesian issue (in Poland), Moravian issue (in the Czech Republic), Slovak-Roma relations and the periodical radicalization of the Hungarian electoral body. The sixth part is the conclusion.

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