America News Agency

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic announced that, as part of the Bled Strategic Forum 2026, he took part in a panel titled "Shaping Europe from Its Centre" with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar.

Plenkovic said that bringing together the prime ministers of four Central European countries on the same panel was one of the forum's important messages. He added that they conveyed to their partners the message that Central European countries are becoming stronger, more resilient, more competitive, more democratic and more effective within the European Union.

Noting that they are members of the "Friends of Cohesion" group, Plenkovic said the countries have also taken on numerous challenging tasks, implemented the necessary reforms and structural changes, and strengthened their connections both with one another and with the rest of Europe.

Plenkovic said the interconnected crises of recent years have placed significant pressure on the functioning of the European Union, stressing the need to strengthen solidarity and focus on common ground.