Visegrad or the Holy Roman Empire? Knut Abraham on Germany, the AfD and Central Europe

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Is Central Europe the Visegrad Four? Or is it the old Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg state with its centre in Vienna? We talked with Knut Abraham, career diplomat, Bundestag member (CDU) and Germany’s coordinator for Central Europe. We also debated the rise of the AfD, East German economic troubles and EU enlargement.