Orban: V4's heft in Europe has grown

The distribution of top positions in the European Commission reflects the strengthened position of the Visegrad Group, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday in Prague, after attending a summit of the V4 and Western Balkan states. Two vice-presidents in the new commission were nominated by Visegrad Group countries, Orban noted. The Hungarian commissioner-designate, Laszlo Trocsanyi, has the "beautiful and big" task of managing the EU's enlargement, he added. Trocsanyi grasps the complicated aspects of enlargement, he said, adding that, hopefully, the former Hungarian justice minister would receive the backing of the EP. Regarding the bloc's enlargement, Orban said had the EU integrated North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia earlier, "many millions of illegal migrants would not be in western Europe today".