The European Union is no longer a club of a few French-speaking politicians who know each other well.
Nowadays, even the smallest informal meetings involve dozens of attendees including delegations and translators.
The more the Council’s negotiations resemble a small parliament, the more important are the informal coalitions of states which share common interests and are willing to help each other.
The Visegrad Group (V4), a sort of central European Benelux, was establ...
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