The Central Five: Wrapping Up the Forum’s First Year
The Central Five: Wrapping Up the Forum’s First Year

Author(s): Łukasz Ogrodnik, Tomasz Żornaczuk
Subject(s): Politics, Regional Geography, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Central Five; Forum; first year; C5; V4;
Summary/Abstract: The cooperation platform Central Five (C5), involving the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, Czechia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Hungary, launched in June 2020, was intended to improve coordination related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual functioning of the Central Five shows, however, that the cooperation has been extended to new topics and partners in the “C5+” formula. It is in Poland’s interest that the issues discussed within the Central Five become the subject of closer consultations in the Visegrad Group, and that Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary are not involved in the work of the C5 at the V4’s expense.

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