Govt official: V4 uniqueness could benefit Europe

The Visegrad Group "has its own voice" on a variety of issues, including immigration, and this could serve to strengthen rather than to divide Europe, the state secretary for international communications said in Warsaw on Monday. Addressing a press event at the Hungarian embassy, Zoltan Kovacs said that over the course of their unique history, central European countries had developed a distinctive voice and the differences between central and western Europe, he added, could help strengthen the continent. "Our perspective is just as relevant as anyone else's, be that southern or northern Europe," Kovacs said. "We have capabilities that should be represented…" Asked by MTI on what issues the V4 will be looking to speak as one in the run-up to next May's European parliamentary elections, Kovacs said: "Voters in all member states will most certainly be focusing on the issue of migration."