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Reflections from our correspondents on the ground in the four Central European countries of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
VISEGRAD BLOG: Repolonisation of the economy often ignores business logic
March 2, 2021
Law and Justice's attempt to build national champions in the banking and energy sectors will make the Polish economy even more state and party dominated.
VISEGRAD BLOG: Central Europe's populists need a new strategy for Biden
January 19, 2021
The incoming US president will be tougher on the erosion of democracy but also tougher on Russia.
VISEGRAD BLOG: The EU isn’t broken but its eastern members need more attention
December 9, 2020
After the standoff with Poland and Hungary over the EU budget is resolved, the simmering problems of democratic backsliding and demographic collapse will need to be addressed.
VISEGRAD BLOG: An easing of trade tensions but still an uncertain situation for export-oriented Central Europe
November 27, 2020
The upcoming Biden presidency in the US is expected to lead to an easing of trade tensions that have been particularly damaging for Central Europe’s small export-oriented economies, but it doesn’t herald a return to the old, globalised world.
VISEGRAD BLOG: The Central European populists rooting for Trump
October 31, 2020
For Central Europe's "illiberal democrats", US President Donald Trump’s re-election would be an affirmation that there is no stopping the global resurgence of the right wing.