Visegrad group states hold summit in Warsaw

The leaders of the Visegrad states met in Warsaw on Friday for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The talks focussed on the EU’s recovery fund, which the V4 leaders stressed must be fairly distributed among EU members, bilateral relations and the priorities of the upcoming Polish presidency of the V4.

The Visegrad group states do not approve of the fact that under the current proposal a third of the 750 billion euro recovery fund would go to help Italy and Spain – the countries most affected by the pandemic. They stressed that fiscally disciplined countries should not be put on the hook to repay loans that would benefit countries with little or no fiscal prudence, which had been deep in trouble even before the pandemic hit.