Maintaining the viability of the entire Central European economy is in the best interests of the V4 countries; we must pursue an effective fight against the coronavirus epidemic, whilst “keeping our economies up and running,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after the Friday meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrád countries (V4: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia) held in Lublin in South East Poland.

While in recent years the answers that could have made Europe competitive have not been conceived, under the leadership of Poland, Central Europe’s economy conveys the promise of a success story, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told journalists on Monday in Bled, Slovenia.

On Monday, at the Alpbach international forum focusing primarily on issues related to the European Union, Justice Minister Judit Varga stood up for the state of the rule of law in Hungary.

„My feelings toward Hungary were less detached. I confess that I regarded and still regard that Turanian tribe with acute distaste. Like their cousins the Turks, they had destroyed much and created nothing. Budapest was a false city devoid of any autochthonous reality. For centuries the Magyars had oppressed their subject nationalities. The hour of liberation and retribution was at hand.” – wrote British diplomat Harold Nicolson – in 1919 –, who played a major role when the Trianon-borders were drawn.

On 6 March 2020 the health EPSCO council discussed the actual issues of cooperation in the field of COVID-19 epidemics. It is three weeks ago that the Council discussed common challenges related to Coronavirus infections. That time the epidemics has had limited impact on Europe and the focus was on preparedness.