Polish-Hungarian Break Up Hinders Visegrad Cooperation

With a year to go until parliamentary elections, Polish opposition parties are in full campaign mode. Newcomer Polska 2050 party, also a member of Renew Europe grouping, is being led by Szymon Hołownia as a third way between Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform and the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party that offers a renewed focus on dusty topics like Poland’s adoption of the Euro. Meanwhile, Poland is unable to ditch the Visegrad cooperation format despite fundamental differences on support for Ukraine with its Hungarian counterpart — begging the question of what comes next for the V4?