Czech Republic–Poland relations
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Poland and the Czech Republic are both members of the European Union and of NATO. Both joined the EU simultaneously on 1 May 2004. They also both joined NATO on 12 March 1999. Both countries, together with Slovakia and Hungary, form the Visegrád Group, which is an important regional group in Central Europe. They share 796 km (495 mi) of the Czech Republic–Poland border, which can be crossed anywhere without border control under the Schengen Agreement. In a 2010 poll conducted by CVVM in Czech Republic, relations with Poland were ranked as the second best out of 13 countries, after Slovakia, with 92% of respondents viewing them as very good or rather good.[1] In 1993, according to polls, the Czechs were liked by 38% of Poles, with 28% negative opinions. There has been a big improvement since then, and recently the Czechs are among the most-liked nations in Poland, leading in the polls since 2010 (53% of favourable opinions in 2010, 56% in 2019).[2][3]
Turów Coal Mine[]
In February 2021, the Czech Republic sued Poland over the Turów Coal Mine at the European Court of Justice, the first time that an EU member state had sued another one over an environmental issue.[4][5]
Resident diplomatic missions[]
- Czech Republic has an embassy in Warsaw.
- Poland has an embassy in Prague and a consulate-general in Ostrava.
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Warsaw
Embassy of Poland in Prague
Consulate-General of Poland in Ostrava
See also[]
- Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts
- Polish-Czech Forum
- Polish–Czech Friendship Trail
- Polish minority in the Czech Republic
- Czechoslovakia–Poland relations
- 2004 enlargement of the European Union
- Czechs in Poland
References[]
- ^ CVVM Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Občané o vztazích ČR s některými zeměmi – listopad 2010[dead link]
- ^ Stosunek Polaków do innych narodów. Komunikat z badań, Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej. Warsaw. February 2013 (in Polish).
- ^ Kogo nie lubią Polacy? Sprawdź, co wynika z najnowszego badania CBOS. Gazetaprawna.pl. 2019-02-07 (retrieved 2020-04-24)
- ^ Taylor, Kira (6 May 2021). "Turow: the Polish coal mine at the centre of regional tensions". www.euractiv.com.
- ^ "Czech-Polish relations hit rock bottom". www.euractiv.com. 24 September 2021.
- Czech Republic–Poland relations
- Bilateral relations of Poland
- Bilateral relations of the Czech Republic