EU scepticism in the new EU member states

Philosophy professor and former opposition leader Janos Kis warns in an interview that if opposition leader Viktor Orban wins the April 9 elections in Hungary it could lead to the formation of a eurosceptic bloc of Central and Eastern European EU member states. "Hungary is a member of the EU, but a new political situation is emerging in the central-eastern border regions of the European Union. A radical, europhobic party has come to power in Poland. Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who is much more moderate in his domestic policies, no longer stands alone in his sceptical stance towards Europe. His party will probably win the next elections. In Slovakia, on the other hand, the pro-European government is likely to lose the next elections. In these countries, a new, provincial anti-Brussels bloc could emerge."

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