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Dear Reader, I am pleased to inform you that on July 1, 2025, Hungary took over the presidency of the Visegrád Group from Poland, a role it will fulfil for one year, until June 30, 2026, and then pass it on to Slovakia. |
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Slovak Presidency 1.7.2022 - 30.6.2023.
Speaker-level meetings
The National Council of the Slovak Republic, which holds the Presidency of the Visegrád Group between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023, hosted the official meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments of the Visegrád Group in Bratislava Castle on 3 February 2023. At the invitation of Boris Kollár, Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, the event was attended by László Kövér, Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Czech Senate, Elżbieta Witek, Marshal of the Polish Sejm and Tomasz Grodzki, Marshal of the Polish Senate. At the meeting, the Speakers discussed two topics: first, the security situation in our region, including the situation in Ukraine, as well as illegal migration and the protection of the Schengen area; followed by the energy crisis and its European solutions.
The regional cooperation of the four countries over the past 30 years has enabled us to represent our common interests while bridging ideological differences. The remarks made by the Speakers of the Parliaments of the Czech Republic with respect to our country are untrue and lack respect, they do not reflect the facts and call into question the right of the Hungarian government to shape its policies in the Hungarian national interest.
Committee-level meetings
Holding the Presidency of the Visegrád Group from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, the National Council of the Slovak Republic organised a meeting for the Committees on Foreign Affairs of the Parliaments of the V4 countries on 19–20 February 2023 in Bratislava. At the invitation of Marián Kéry, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, delegations from the relevant committees of all V4 parliamentary chambers were in attendance. The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Hungarian National Assembly was represented by Committee Chairman Zsolt Németh as well as Committee Vice-Chairs Hajnalka Juhász and Koloman Brenner.
Under the Slovak Presidency of the Visegrad Cooperation, a videoconference was held by the National Council of the Slovak Republic for V4 Agricultural Committees on 19 December 2022, attended by European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski. The online discussion was held as a follow-up to the statement adopted by V4 Agricultural Committees at their meeting on 13-14 October in Bratislava and sent to the Commissioner. At the meeting of V4 Committee Chairs, the Hungarian National Assembly was represented by Balázs Győrffy, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, who also led the Hungarian delegation at the Bratislava meeting in October.
The National Council of the Slovak Republic, which holds the Presidency of the Visegrád Group from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, organised a meeting for the Defence and Security Committees of the Parliaments of the V4 countries on 4-5 December 2022 in Bratislava. The event was hosted by Juraj Krúpa, Chairman of the Defence and Security Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and attended by representatives of the relevant committees of all V4 parliamentary chambers. The Committee on Defence and Law Enforcement of the Hungarian National Assembly was represented by Lajos Kósa, Chairman and Előd Novák, Member of the Committee, while the delegations of both Houses of the Polish Parliament and the Czech Senate were led by their respective Committee Chairs, with the Czech Chamber of Deputies being represented by its Vice-Chairs.
Related issues
Events
Hungary holds the presidency of the Visegrád Group (V4) from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. The main goal of the Hungarian V4 presidency is to improve the competitiveness of the region, to stimulate growth with the motto "Competitive Visegrád". The presidency program has identified three priority areas: competitiveness, security, and connectivity. The programme is available: https://www.visegradgroup.eu/home/v4-presidency