Poland and the Visegrád Group – an effective interest coalition in the enlarged Union?
- Institution: Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń (Poland)
- Year of publication: 2005
- Source: Show
- Pages: 46-58
- DOI Address: http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2005004
- PDF: ppsy/34/ppsy2005004.pdf
The end of Cold War left Central Europe facing rediscovered tensions, but with little training in co-operation. Bilateral, regional and sub-regional co-operation, both at the intergovernmental and trans-frontier levels for example between the BENELUX countries and between Nordic Countries, has been an integral part of the process of European integration since 1945, but it was relatively underdeveloped in Central Europe.