A number of new member states, due to join the EU in May next year, are to step up co-operation with their neighbours in an attempt to stop the so-called ‘Brussels curtain’ dividing Europe.
Meeting in Warsaw a group of 17 countries - including current, future and potential EU member states - have vowed to work with the EU in order to ensure that "the entire [central Europe] region proceeds towards the EU".
The grouping, known as the Central European Initiative (CEI), is to step ...
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