Bottom Line
- Despite recent cooperative efforts, the group of Central European nations that comprise the Visegrád 4 (V4) has experienced a complete breakdown of relations following the V4 Prague summit on February 27, 2024.
- The collapse comes on the heels of a slow but steady degradation of relations over the last two years between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, with their core dispute concerning different views on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
- The aftermath following the fractious summit has proved unhelpful in cooling tensions, and the group remains in tatters with no short-term prospects for meaningful cooperation.
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