Could Austria join the Visegrád Group?

Schmidt, Paul (2017) Could Austria join the Visegrád Group? LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (27 Oct 2017). Website.

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The leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), Heinz-Christian Strache, has previously proposed that Austria could join the Visegrád Group of nations, which currently consists of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. With the FPÖ likely to become a junior member of the next Austrian government in coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), is this now a realistic prospect? Paul Schmidt explains why the scenario of Austria joining the Visegrád Group remains unlikely, and why the country will still look first to Berlin and Paris for its approach to Europe, rather than to Warsaw or Budapest.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/10/27/could...
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2017 11:32
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 01:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85349

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