{"id":44362,"date":"2026-09-09T15:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=44362"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:18:08","slug":"the-importance-of-being-v4japan-why-this-format-matters-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/the-importance-of-being-v4japan-why-this-format-matters-more-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Jak je d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9 m\u00edti V4 plus Japonsko aneb pro\u010d na tomto form\u00e1tu z\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed v\u00edce ne\u017e kdy d\u0159\u00edv?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44362\" class=\"elementor elementor-44362\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12b5931 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12b5931\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3142aa2e\" data-id=\"3142aa2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-299f5bcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"299f5bcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-299f5bcf{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d838a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d838a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: Unsplash.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4923fa87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4923fa87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20b44999\" data-id=\"20b44999\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-162ae103 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"162ae103\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7b1c4f\" data-id=\"e7b1c4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b7231a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51b7231a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dne <strong>1. z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed<\/strong> se z\u00e1stupci <strong>\u010cesk\u00e9 republiky, Ma\u010farska, Polska, Slovenska a Japonska <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/pageite_000001_01799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setkali<\/a> na <strong>8. zased\u00e1n\u00ed ministr\u016f zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed <\/strong>v\u00a0r\u00e1mci form\u00e1tu<strong> Visegr\u00e1dsk\u00e1 skupina (V4) plus Japonsko<\/strong>. Setk\u00e1n\u00ed prob\u011bhlo nedaleko <strong>Bratislavy<\/strong>, jeliko\u017e 1. \u010dervence p\u0159evzalo p\u0159edsednictv\u00ed skupiny V4 Slovensko. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/c_see\/page4e_001127.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P\u0159edchoz\u00ed<\/a> zased\u00e1n\u00ed ministr\u016f zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed V4 a Japonska se konalo <strong>p\u0159ed p\u011bti lety v Polsku<\/strong>, v dob\u011b, kdy mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed situace vypadala \u00fapln\u011b jinak ne\u017e dnes. Na leto\u0161n\u00edm setk\u00e1n\u00ed proto minist\u0159i jednali o tom, jak reagovat na sou\u010dasn\u00e9 v\u00fdzvy, pos\u00edlit spolupr\u00e1ci a p\u0159ipravit se na budoucnost.<\/p><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Form\u00e1t V4 + Japonsko <strong>vznikl v roce <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DctuXBEkbn0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2003<\/strong><\/a>, tedy je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159edt\u00edm, ne\u017e zem\u011b V4 vstoupily do <strong>Evropsk\u00e9 unie<\/strong> (EU). Dnes tato platforma p\u0159edstavuje jeden z kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fdch pil\u00ed\u0159\u016f <strong>spolupr\u00e1ce mezi Japonskem a Evropou<\/strong> a, jak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/pageite_000001_01799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uvedl<\/a> japonsk\u00fd ministr zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed <strong>To\u0161imicu Motegi<\/strong>, nab\u00fdv\u00e1 v souvislosti s rostouc\u00edm nap\u011bt\u00edm v oblasti ekonomick\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnosti na v\u00fdznamu.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minist\u0159i zem\u00ed V4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/pageite_000001_01799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pod\u011bkovali<\/a> Japonsku za jeho <strong>v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 zapojen\u00ed v regionu st\u0159edn\u00ed Evropy<\/strong>. Vztahy mezi Tokiem a jednotliv\u00fdmi zem\u011bmi V4 trvaj\u00ed ji\u017e v\u00edce ne\u017e <strong>100 let<\/strong> a v\u00a0sou\u010dasnosti k rozvoji m\u00edstn\u00edch ekonomik, dodavatelsk\u00fdch \u0159et\u011bzc\u016f a pracovn\u00edch trh\u016f p\u0159isp\u00edv\u00e1 kolem <strong>930 japonsk\u00fdch spole\u010dnost\u00ed<\/strong>. Nap\u0159\u00edklad v <a href=\"https:\/\/ct24.ceskatelevize.cz\/clanek\/domaci\/vyjadreni-macinky-v-ramci-schuzky-ministru-zahranici-zemi-v4-a-japonska-377149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u010cesku<\/strong><\/a> p\u016fsob\u00ed p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b <strong>270 japonsk\u00fdch firem<\/strong>, kter\u00e9 zam\u011bstn\u00e1vaj\u00ed zhruba <strong>50 000 lid\u00ed<\/strong>. V p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b <strong>Slovenska<\/strong> Motegi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/sk\/pageite_000001_01792.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vyzdvihl<\/a> spole\u010dnost U.S. Steel Ko\u0161ice, kter\u00e1 v sou\u010dasnosti proch\u00e1z\u00ed transformac\u00ed na <strong>Nippon Steel Slovakia<\/strong> a m\u00e1 se st\u00e1t hlavn\u00edm centrem evropsk\u00fdch aktivit japonsk\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti Nippon Steel. V ko\u0161ick\u00e9m z\u00e1vod\u011b pracuje p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b <strong>8 000 lid\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u0159\u00edtomn\u00ed minist\u0159i spole\u010dn\u011b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/pageite_000001_01799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vyty\u010dili<\/a> <strong>t\u0159i kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 oblasti<\/strong> budouc\u00ed spolupr\u00e1ce. Zaprv\u00e9 jde o rozvoj <strong>v\u011bdeck\u00e9 a technologick\u00e9 spolupr\u00e1ce <\/strong>prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm workshop\u016f pod hlavi\u010dkou V4 + Japonsko a tak\u00e9 skrze spolupr\u00e1ci v programu <strong>Horizont Evropa<\/strong> \u2013 unijn\u00edm programu pro financov\u00e1n\u00ed v\u00fdzkumu a inovac\u00ed. Zadruh\u00e9 cht\u011bj\u00ed minist\u0159i prohloubit spolupr\u00e1ci v oblasti <strong>glob\u00e1ln\u00edho \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed um\u011bl\u00e9 inteligence (AI)<\/strong>. Zat\u0159et\u00ed zd\u016fraznili v\u00fdznam stability a rozvoje <strong>z\u00e1padn\u00edho Balk\u00e1nu<\/strong> a pokra\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed v podpo\u0159e <strong>siln\u00e9, jednotn\u00e9 Evropy <\/strong>postaven\u00e9na z\u00e1kladn\u00edch spole\u010dn\u00fdch hodnot\u00e1ch.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/pageite_000001_01799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diskutovalo<\/a> se tak\u00e9 o <strong>region\u00e1ln\u00edch ot\u00e1zk\u00e1ch<\/strong> v\u010detn\u011b <strong>Ukrajiny<\/strong>, <strong>Bl\u00edzk\u00e9ho v\u00fdchodu<\/strong> a <strong>Indo-Pacifiku<\/strong>. Japonsko z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/28489\/ukrainian-military-humanitarian-and-financial-aid-donors\/?srsltid=AfmBOor0kSCQI-fkiEbFJay0rFz98RKqBHUs9EMKHgBNx_1CMHdqGver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edm <\/a>asijsk\u00fdm poskytovatelem pomoci Ukrajin\u011b a minist\u0159i zem\u00ed V4 zase vyj\u00e1d\u0159ili podporu japonsk\u00e9 vizi <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/japans-free-and-open-indo-pacific-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>svobodn\u00e9ho a otev\u0159en\u00e9ho Indo-Pacifiku (FOIP)<\/strong><\/a>. Z\u00e1rove\u0148 uznali, \u017ee bezpe\u010dnost euroatlantick\u00e9ho a indopacifick\u00e9ho regionu je neodd\u011bliteln\u011b propojena.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krom\u011b kolektivn\u00edho r\u00e1mce poskytlo setk\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost prohloubit vztahy s Japonskem i jednotliv\u00fdm zem\u00edm V4. Nap\u0159\u00edklad <strong>\u010cesk\u00e1 republika a Japonsko<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/cz\/pageite_000001_01798.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podepsaly<\/a> <strong>Ak\u010dn\u00ed pl\u00e1n k implementaci strategick\u00e9ho partnerstv\u00ed a spolupr\u00e1ce na obdob\u00ed let 2026\u20132030<\/strong>, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e mezi jejich bilater\u00e1ln\u00ed priority pat\u0159\u00ed hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 vztahy, ekonomick\u00e1 bezpe\u010dnost a vesm\u00edrn\u00e9 a kvantov\u00e9 technologie. \u010cesk\u00fd ministr zahrani\u010d\u00ed <strong>Petr Macinka<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ct24.ceskatelevize.cz\/clanek\/domaci\/vyjadreni-macinky-v-ramci-schuzky-ministru-zahranici-zemi-v4-a-japonska-377149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uvedl<\/a>, \u017ee Japonsko je pro <strong>st\u0159edn\u00ed Evropu kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fdm partnerem<\/strong> a prakticky tak\u00e9 <strong>nejstar\u0161\u00edm partnerem V4<\/strong>. Z\u00e1rove\u0148 zd\u016fraznil strategickou hodnotu form\u00e1tu V4 + Japonsko a ocenil jeho jasnou vizi do budoucna, kter\u00e1 se projevuje v konkr\u00e9tn\u00edch projektech a investic\u00edch.<\/p><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jedn\u00edm z hlavn\u00edch z\u00e1v\u011br\u016f setk\u00e1n\u00ed je, \u017ee\u00a0<strong>bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed a ekonomick\u00e9 z\u00e1jmy Evropy a Indo-Pacifiku jsou neodd\u011bliteln\u011b propojen\u00e9<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/sk\/pageite_000001_01792.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podle<\/a> Motegiho je tomu tak kv\u016fli <strong>spole\u010dn\u00fdm v\u00fdzv\u00e1m<\/strong>, kter\u00fdm \u010del\u00ed zem\u011b V4, EU i Japonsko, v\u010detn\u011b st\u00e1le v\u00edce <strong>propojen\u00fdch dodavatelsk\u00fdch \u0159et\u011bzc\u016f<\/strong> a <strong>nadm\u011brn\u00e9 z\u00e1vislosti na konkr\u00e9tn\u00edch partnerech<\/strong>. Nar\u00e1\u017e\u00ed t\u00edm jak na energetickou z\u00e1vislost na <strong>Rusku<\/strong>, tak na ekonomickou z\u00e1vislost na <strong>\u010c\u00edn\u011b<\/strong>, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e tyto z\u00e1vislosti lze snadno vyu\u017e\u00edt jako n\u00e1stroj n\u00e1tlaku. Pro Japonsko byla nejnov\u011bj\u0161\u00edm p\u0159\u00edkladem takov\u00e9ho n\u00e1tlaku <strong>\u010d\u00ednsk\u00e1 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/who-let-the-wolves-out-japans-position-on-taiwan-infuriated-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>reakce<\/strong><\/a> na v\u00fdrok japonsk\u00e9 premi\u00e9rky <strong>Sanae Takai\u010di<\/strong>, kter\u00e1 lo\u0148sk\u00e9ho listopadu nazna\u010dila, \u017ee by Japonsko mohlo zakro\u010dit v p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b, \u017ee by se \u010c\u00edna pokusila vojensky zm\u011bnit status quo v <strong>Tchajwansk\u00e9m pr\u016flivu<\/strong>. \u010c\u00edna n\u00e1sledn\u011b vyvinula na Japonsko zna\u010dn\u00fd diplomatick\u00fd a <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/winning-without-fighting-chinas-trade-pressure-on-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ekonomick\u00fd<\/a> tlak a vyu\u017eila p\u0159itom jeho z\u00e1vislosti na \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9m trhu. I proto Motegi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/sk\/pageite_000001_01792.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zd\u016fraznil<\/a>, \u017ee je mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9 <strong>roz\u0161i\u0159ovat spolupr\u00e1ci s d\u016fv\u011bryhodn\u00fdmi, podobn\u011b sm\u00fd\u0161lej\u00edc\u00edmi a p\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00fdmi zem\u011bmi, diverzifikovat dodavatelsk\u00e9 \u0159et\u011bzce <\/strong>a <strong>posilovat odolnost<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>V4 i Japonsko<\/strong> maj\u00ed spole\u010dn\u00fd z\u00e1jem na <strong>zachov\u00e1n\u00ed svobodn\u00e9ho a otev\u0159en\u00e9ho mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho \u0159\u00e1du zalo\u017een\u00e9ho na pravidlech<\/strong>, kter\u00fd st\u00e1le v\u00edce \u010del\u00ed v\u00fdzv\u00e1m ze strany zem\u00ed jako jsou Rusko, \u010c\u00edna \u010di Severn\u00ed Korea. Minist\u0159i zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed zem\u00ed V4 a Japonska se <a href=\"https:\/\/ct24.ceskatelevize.cz\/clanek\/domaci\/vyjadreni-macinky-v-ramci-schuzky-ministru-zahranici-zemi-v4-a-japonska-377149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shodli<\/a>, \u017ee mohou v\u00a0r\u00e1mci platformy V4 + Japonsko stav\u011bt na pevn\u00fdch z\u00e1kladech a posunout toto partnerstv\u00ed na dal\u0161\u00ed \u00farove\u0148 prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm investic a spolupr\u00e1ce ve strategick\u00fdch oblastech, <strong>v\u010detn\u011b ekonomick\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnosti, v\u011bdy a technologi\u00ed.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Form\u00e1t V4 + Japonsko byl zalo\u017een p\u0159ed v\u00edce ne\u017e 20 lety, ale jak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/erp_2\/pageite_000001_01799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uvedl<\/a> Motegi, <strong>solidarita a spolupr\u00e1ce mezi z\u00fa\u010dastn\u011bn\u00fdmi zem\u011bmi jsou pro zachov\u00e1n\u00ed a pos\u00edlen\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho \u0159\u00e1du zalo\u017een\u00e9ho na pravidlech d\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e kdy d\u0159\u00edve<\/strong>. Koneckonc\u016f to byl pr\u00e1v\u011b tento mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed \u0159\u00e1d, jen\u017e umo\u017enil d\u00e1t evropsk\u00fd blok V4 a jeho geograficky vzd\u00e1len\u00e9ho asijsk\u00e9ho partnera dohromady.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Unsplash.com Foto: Unsplash.com What is happening? On September 1, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the\u00a0Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Japan\u00a0met for the\u00a08th Visegrad Group (V4) Plus Japan Foreign Ministers\u2019 Meeting. The meeting took place in the vicinity of\u00a0Bratislava, as Slovakia assumed the V4 Presidency on July 1. 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