Diana Ivanova

The purpose of this article is to present the policy of the countries of the Visegrád Group to the problem of migrants from the Near East and North Africa. The study is based on materials from the media and it reveals the position of the Visegrád Group, which differs from that of Brussels, because the four countries are against the introduction of quotas for migrants. The article states that according them priority of the common European policy on the issue should be the removal the root causes of migrant crisis, first and foremost the termination of the war in Syria.

The migration crisis and related challenges for the future of the Schengen area are some of the main problems facing the EU. The opinion of the Visegrad Four on this issue, however, seriously differs from that of Brussels. Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are firmly against the quota principle in the allocation of migrants. The aim of this article is to present the migrant crisis as a top priority during the fifth in the history Polish rotating presidency of the Visegrad Four-from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. This objective will be realized through the implementation of basic tasksanalysis of the documents adopted at the forums of the organization, and the views of leading politicians from the Visegrad countries.

Эта статья рассматривает вопрос о сущности национальной идентичности и ее совместимости с европейских ценностей в современном глобальном мире, отметив необходимость переосмысления национальной идентичности в качестве основного объединяющего фактора, обеспечив прогресс общества.