Commentary
Abstract: In current days, we often hear that the EU is in crisis and needs reform, otherwise this project that has successfully kept peace in Europe for more than 60 years could, in the short or long term, end its existence. I agree that the EU needs reform. But what kind of a reform? What kind of a reform do we want? Actually, a better question would be: what kind of EU do we want? Without a concrete future vision of the EU, all our steps could be useless.
Essay
Abstract: The year of 1989 conveyed a major breakthrough in relations on the old continent. Simultaneously with the transformation of the political and economic development in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, there was born the phenomenon of "modern regionalism". It was seen as an attempt to overcome the existing divisions and the need to use mutual cooperation in the historical, cultural, political, economic and social similarities as well as natural geographical proximity.
Abstract: In the joint statement of the Visegrad group from 16 September 2016, the day of the launch of the Bratislava process, the Visegrad group gave a statement on their ideas on the improvement of the EU and devoted most of it to security and migration. As responses to the decrease of a sense of security among citizens which is in their opinion caused by terrorism and cross- border crime, they see a great necessity in the reduction of the number of immigrants entering the EU and demand better protection of the EU’s external borders through further cooperation with Turkey and other transit countries, a further development of FRONTEX, the improvement of the Schengen- Information- System (SIS) and the general data management architecture.