Small alliance on the continent

10 December 2021

An international alliance is acting more and more dynamically pursuing practically its all plans. The Visegrad Group helds regular summit meetings , often with other partners, showing its unity in the whole Europe. There are new ideas to extend the activity of the 4 -party agreement by safety and defence issues.

The Visegrad Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) has held regular meetings for 2 months dedicated to various issues, among others intercontinental cooperation, including South Korea and aspirations to invest in new technologies. Leading topics also included decarbonation and involvement in climate changes. The last issue is especially important due to the strategic NATO and EU objectives, striving for strengthening pro-environment policy.

Trade issues are also important, the cooperation in this field is so strong that the Visegrad countries are becoming main exporters – importers for one another (at least in top 5). It is vital for strengthening the potential of the group in the context of addressing the economic crises and dangers resulting from the pandemic downtimes. What is important, joint GDP will grow because the group members still want to invest jointly, what they announced in last meetings.

As far as control of borders is concerned, the migrant crisis has a dominating significance here. The V4 has risen to the occasion also in this field. Each member has opted for reinforcing the Polish-Belarussian border and expressed the support for holding back the inflow of migrants. Moreover, the whole group jointly underlines the need to impose as big as possible sanctions on A. Lukashenko, which would stop him from further attempt to use the so called demographic/hybrid weapon (i.e. using migrants to weaken another country).

The V4 Group is growing stronger in every way. It is very good news for Poland, next meetings should be held as regularly as for the last 2 months. It is also good that the Polish politicians raise on the agenda the problem of threats for Poland. Recent events in particular have proved that raising the issue and calling for solidarity turns out to be a success. Perhaps, the Visegrad Group is booming, which we cannot neglect.
(source: trimarium.pl)

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03 November 2025

The 6 th edition of the Three Seas Local Government Congress will be held May 27-28, 2026, under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki. This distinction recognises the growing importance of the event, which has become a key platform for cooperation among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, both in the economic and infrastructural dimensions.

Over five editions of the Congress (2020–2025), more than 5,000 participants from 24 countries have taken part, 104 discussion panels have been held, and 64 foreign delegations have visited Lublin. The scale and international character of the event confirm its increasing role in shaping dialogue across the Three Seas region.

We, the countries representing Central and Eastern Europe (…) through the Three Seas Initiative, Via Baltica, and Via Carpatia, share not only our voice and vision of building a civic community, but also tangible results showing that the Baltic States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are capable of implementing major infrastructure projects, emphasised President Karol Nawrocki during his visit to Vilnius last month.

These words perfectly capture the spirit of the Three Seas Congress, which brings together political, academic, and business communities around a shared goal, building a strong, integrated, and cooperative Central and Eastern Europe.

It is also worth noting that in April 2025, Poland hosted the 10th Three Seas Initiative Summit. During the event, participants emphasised the importance of infrastructure and economic cooperation in the region and the need to strengthen cohesion across Central and Eastern Europe. This year, the cooperation format has been expanded to include new members – Albania and Montenegro joined the Three Seas Initiative in the capacity of associated participating states, while Spain and Turkey became new strategic partners. It has already been announced that the 11th Summit will take place in Croatia in 2026.

We cordially invite you to take part in the Three Seas Local Government Congress! Registration will open in the end of January. More details will soon be available at www.congress.lubelskie.pl and on our social media channels.