Official calls for V4 to act as guardian of Lisbon Treaty

Brussels makes a careless approach to the treaties of the European Union but the Visegrad Group should act as a guardian of the Lisbon Treaty, the head of parliament's European affairs committee said on Wednesday. Addressing a panel discussion during the 30th International Economic Forum in Karpacz, Richard Horcsik said that central European cooperation was based on common interests and values. Among the achievements of V4 cooperation Horcsik highlighted the rejection of mandatory migrant settlement quotas in the EU, and that the V4 had become an engine of economic growth within the EU. The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that "we are able to care for each other, not only for ourselves," he added.