Fiala: No point calling Visegrad Four leaders meeting at present

The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, says he is sceptical whether a meeting of the premiers of the Visegrad Four states would at present lead to any results. Czechia currently holds the rotating presidency of the group, which also includes Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, but has not yet convened a gathering at prime ministerial level.

Speaking in Brno on Saturday, Mr. Fiala said such a meeting was not necessary in view of how things were going at the European Council, but also said he was ready to call a gathering of V4 leaders in future.

The positions of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak PM Robert Fico have recently diverged at European level from those of Czechia and Poland, especially with regard to support for Ukraine.