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Szydlo (l), Merkel, Fico, Orban and Sobotka met on Friday to discuss EU reform (Photo: P. Tracz/KPRM)

Eastern bloc wants fewer EU powers, more security

Central and eastern European leaders have reiterated the need for more national power in EU policy-making during talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Warsaw on Friday (26 August).

Merkel met with the heads of the Visegrad group of four countries (V4) - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - as part of a European tour prior to the summit, in Bratislava on 16 September, on post-Brexit EU reform.

She is meeting 15 EU leaders this week in an effort to bridge gaps...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Szydlo (l), Merkel, Fico, Orban and Sobotka met on Friday to discuss EU reform (Photo: P. Tracz/KPRM)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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