Sunday, 28 August 2016: Germany, Poland and France vowed on Sunday to reinvigorate the “Weimar Triangle” group first formed 25 years ago after the end of the Cold War to help deal with the many challenges facing Europe, including Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the migration crisis.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier utter to the international media that the leaders of the three countries shall meet before the end of the year, and his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said France will host the summit in November 2016. The leaders of the Weimar Group last met as a group five years ago.
They also intend to meeting in larger groups with other countries, such as with the Visegrád Four, which is currently chaired by Poland and includes the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.
The foreign ministers backed substantial steps to better integrate the security structures of EU member states. They called for the European Council to hold yearly “European security council” meetings focused on domestic and external security questions.
