WARSAW, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Parliamentary speakers from four four Central European nations were expected to discuss European Union (EU) reforms at a Tuesday meeting held in Warsaw, local media reported on Monday.
The four nations -- also called Visegrad Group or V4 -- are Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic. They are in a cultural and political alliance.
"The future of the EU depends on how effectively the bloc is reformed in the spirit of European solidarity and how quickly this is done," Polish parliamentary Speaker Marek Kuchcinski said, quoted by Polish Press Agency.
The four nations were aware of the problems the EU and the rest of Europe was facing, he said.
The meeting in Warsaw would be vital to work out a joint position of the V4 before the upcoming EU summit in Italy. The summit, marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome, "is a good moment to make the EU better", Kuchcinski said.
Earlier this month, the prime ministers of the four nations had also met in Warsaw, discussing the EU's current affairs and the union's future.
