The evidence of the two recent decades is illustrative. The Eurozone crisis divided the richer
northern member states and the poorer southern member states (Verdun, 2015). This …

EU policies aim to develop renewable energy share in both production and consumption of
total energy and increase the efforts to mitigate climate change. As relatively new EU …

Abstract The Visegrad Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) is a
visible actor at the EU level in several areas including energy security. This chapter argues …

Brexit was potentially a highly divisive issue for the EU27 with states having different
relationships with the UK. And yet in the period from the UK's referendum in 2016 until the …

The article provides a qualitative in-depth analysis of Czech Brexit policy (that is, a Czech
policy on Brexit). There are many reasons why one might expect Brexit to be a high-profile …

Abstract The Visegrád Group has become increasingly known in the European Union as a
controversial coalition that is often critical towards the mainstream direction of EU …

The aim of the study is to explore the linkage between electricity consumption, international
trade and GDP during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of the Visegrad Four (V4) …

This book examines differentiated integration in Europe, providing incisive analyses of
domestic politics determinants–political conflict, party responses, citizens' preferences and …

The essay discusses Central Eastern Europe as a 'laboratory'of existing, emerg‑ing as well
as contained elements of illiberal backlash. The Central European countries show both …

The Visegrád Four group (V4) consisting of four EU member states–Czechia, Hungary,
Poland and Slovakia–has been in recent years identified by policymakers as well as by …