Central Europe reconfigured: Petr Pavel, the Visegrád Group and Germany

In this week’s Morning Briefing, a panel of experts discuss the current political configuration of Central Europe given the Czech Republic’s new president as well as a growing rift in the Visegrád Group where the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland are clashing with Viktor Orbán’s Hungary on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Chair: Henning Hoff, Executive Editor, Internationale Politik Quarterly, DGAP
Speakers:
Viktoria Grossmann, Warsaw Correspondent, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Kai-Olaf Lang, Senior Fellow, EU/Europe Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Milan Nič, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, DGAP
Highlights:
00:00 Introduction (Hoff)
04:42 De-alignment not realignment in Central Europe (Lang)
14:15 The Polish view (Großmann)
19:53 Change of government in Poland (Großmann)
20:43 Impact of Slovakia and Poland elections (Nič)
31:10 Italy’s role (Lang)
37:21 Q&A
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[@minka6]

interesting discussion. I'm Polish American and it's interesting to have this insight from the German side. Agreed that the current gov in Poland is a joke but hard to listen to Viktoria Grossmann laughing it off, it's not a serious comment as much as I dislike PIS. Trust me, Poland is interested in better relations with Germany in general. More dialog is needed.