Visegrad Group say EU is stronger with the UK as a member



LONDON: -- The prime ministers of four Central European countries say they have a “common, strong and sincere” interest in the United Kingdom staying inside the European Union after the forthcoming referendum.

The four, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia make up the informal grouping within the EU known as the Visegrad Group.

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said he believed it would be a great loss to both the EU and the UK if Britons went their own way.“Their departure would weaken the whole European Union,” he said.

The British people will vote on their future in the EU in a referendum on June 23.

The remarks were made at the end of a three-day summit in Prague during which the issues of the migration crisis and Ukraine came up.

Poland takes over the rotating presidency of the organization from the Czech Republic for 12 months, starting on July 1.

The V4 Group traces its origins to the summit meeting of leaders from Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland held in the Hungarian castle town of Visegrád in 1991.

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia became independent members of the group, thus increasing the total number of members to four. All four members of the Visegrád Group joined the European Union in 2004.

The V4 Group aims at encouraging optimum cooperation with all countries, in particular its neighbours, its ultimate interest being the democratic development in all parts of Europe.


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Nothing to do with the UK's strong economy..............of course

Lol. That and ofc millions of their people have to go back to their countries haha. Good for UK. I hope they will get out

Who cares what they think. We want OUT!

All 4 of the vise-grad member countries are receivers from the EU funds. The UK is one of the largest financial contributors to the EU.

Of COURSE they want the UK to stay in, otherwise they will get less in funding.

The pleas and threats and "sky is falling" are to the UK what Trump opponents are to his supporters- evidence of the cause of the problems.

The EU is anti democratic. Period! That can't be fixed. That's a fundamental flaw.