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<journal-id>2395-8448</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Política, globalidad y ciudadanía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Polít. globalidad. ciudad.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2395-8448</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2395-84482022000100008</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29105/pgc8.15-7</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El Grupo Visegrado: una visión de Europa Central. Conversación con Lech Walesa]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Visegrad Group: a vision of Central Europe. Conversation with Lech Walesa]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Negrín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lozano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Embajada de México en Polonia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Poland</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Embajada de México en Polonia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Poland</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>15</numero>
<fpage>135</fpage>
<lpage>156</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2395-84482022000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2395-84482022000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2395-84482022000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Este trabajo busca presentar, a partir de un testimonio directo, una visión legible y actualizada del concepto de Europa Central, como subregión diferenciada en el contexto de la Unión Europea. Entender la construcción de una nueva Europa Central luego del fin de la era comunista -caracterizada hoy por democracias liberales y economías de mercado consolidadas y con gran potencial- es uno de los retos más significativos de la política exterior de México. El concepto instrumental que orienta este trabajo es la construcción y funcionamiento del Grupo Visegrado, formado en 1991 e integrado por Polonia, República Checa, Eslovaquia y Hungría como la expresión política y de cooperación más consistente y clara de Europa Central en la actualidad. La reflexión que presenta este trabajo tiene como punto de partida un diálogo directo de los autores con uno de los artífices del Grupo Visegrado y actor central del fin del comunismo en Europa: el célebre líder obrero y expresidente polaco Lech Walesa. A treinta años de distancia de la creación del Grupo Visegrado, resulta fundamental conocer su perspectiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This work seeks to present, based on a direct testimony, a readable and updated vision of the concept of Central Europe, as a differentiated subregion in the context of the European Union. To understand the construction of a new Central Europe after the end of the communist era - characterized today by liberal democracies and consolidated market economies with great potential - is one of the most significant challenges of Mexico's foreign policy. The instrumental concept that guides this work is the construction and functioning of the Visegrad Group, formed in 1991 and constituted by Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary as the clearer and most consistent political and cooperation expression in Central Europe today. The reflection presented in this work has as its starting point a direct dialogue between the authors with one of the architects of the Visegrad Group and a central actor in the end of communism in Europe: the famous worker leader and former Polish president Lech Walesa. Thirty years after the creation of the Visegrad Group, it is essential to know his perspective.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vaclav Havel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Política exterior de México.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Central Europe]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Visegrad Group]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lech Walesa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vaclav Havel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Foreign Policy of Mexico.]]></kwd>
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