| Linking Name: | Central 5 |
| Gdp Nominal Per Capita: | $29,461 |
| Gdp Nominal: | $1.088 trillion |
| Gdp Nominal Year: | 2020 |
| Population Estimate Year: | 2020 |
| Population Estimate: | 36,923,082 |
| Area Km2: | 325,081 |
| Established: | 16 June 2020 |
| Map Width: | 300px |
| Symbol Width: | 300px |
| Conventional Long Name: | Central 5 |
Central 5, also Central Five (C5), is an informal Central European political cooperation between Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia that began in 2020. It is organised in the format of ministers responsible for foreign affairs.[1] The group was initiated by the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.[2]
The main reason for closer cooperation between the countries is the coordination of the activities connected with the COVID-19 pandemics. Meetings are focused on border crossing and the exchange of views on EU activities to overcome the economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic.[3]
| Republic of Austria Austria | Czech Republic Czechia | Hungary Hungary | Slovak Republic Slovakia | Republic of Slovenia Slovenia | ||||||||
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| Republik Österreich | Česká republika | Magyarország | Slovenská republika | Republika Slovenija | ||||||||
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| Population | 8,902,600 (2020) | 3rd | 10,693,939 (2020) | 1st | 9,772,756 (2019) | 2nd | 5,457,926 (2020) | 4th | 2,095,861 (2020) | 5th | ||
| Area | 83,879 km2 | 2nd | 78,866 km2 | 3rd | 93,030 km2 | 1st | 49,035 km2 | 4th | 20,271 km2 | 5th | ||
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | |||||||
| Capital | Vienna | Prague | Budapest | Bratislava | Ljubljana | |||||||
| Head of state | Alexander Van der Bellen (Ind.) President (2016–) | Petr Pavel (Ind.) President (2023–) | Katalin Novák (Fidesz/EPPsuspended) President (2022–) | Zuzana Čaputová (Ind.) President (2019–) | Nataša Pirc Musar (Ind.) President (2022–) | |||||||
| Head of government | Karl Nehammer(ÖVP/EPP) Federal Chancellor (2021–) | Petr Fiala (ODS/ECR) Prime Minister (2021–) | Viktor Orbán (Fidesz/EPPsuspended) Prime Minister (2010–) | Eduard Heger (OĽaNO/EPP) Prime Minister (2021–) | Robert Golob (GS/RE) Prime Minister (2022–) | |||||||
| Foreign minister | Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP/EPP) Minister of European and International Affairs (2021–) | Jan Lipavský (Pirates/G-EFA) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021–) | Péter Szijjártó (Fidesz/EPPsuspended) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2014–) | Rastislav Káčer (Ind.) Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs (2022–) | Tanja Fajon (SD/S&D) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022–) | |||||||
| GDP (nominal) | $477.672 billion (2018) | 1st | $261.732 billion (2020) | 2nd | $180.498 billion (2020) | 3rd | $111.874 billion (2020) | 4th | $56 billion (2020) | 5th | ||
| GDP (nominal) per capita | $53,764 (2018) | 1st | $24,569 (2020) | 3rd | $18,535 (2020) | 5th | $20,495 (2020) | 4th | $27,452 (2020) | 2nd | ||
| GDP (PPP) | $461.432 billion (2018) | 1st | $432.346 billion (2020) | 2nd | $350.000 billion (2020) | 3rd | $209.186 billion (2020) | 4th | $83 billion (2020) | 5th | ||
| GDP (PPP) per capita | $51,936 (2018) | 1st | $40,585 (2020) | 2nd | $35,941 (2020) | 5th | $38,321 (2020) | 4th | $40,343 (2020) | 3rd | ||
| Currency | Euro (€) – EUR | Czech koruna (Kč) – CZK | Hungarian forint (Ft) – HUF | Euro (€) – EUR | Euro (€) – EUR | |||||||
| HDI | 0.914 (very high) (2018) | 1st | 0.891 (very high) (2018) | 3rd | 0.845 (very high) (2018) | 5th | 0.857 (very high) (2018) | 4th | 0.902 (very high) (2018) | 2nd | ||
| Gini | 27.5 (low) (2019) | 4th | 24.0 (low) (2019) | 3rd | 28.0 (low) (2019) | 5th | 20.9 (low) (2019) | 1st | 23.9 (low) (2019) | 2nd | ||
| 16 June 2020 | Vienna, Austria | Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of European and International Affairs |
| 14 July 2020 | Budapest, Hungary | Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| 15 September 2020 | Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia | Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 12 November 2020[4] | Virtual | No host |
| 13 May 2021[5] |  Bratislava, Slovakia | Ivan Korčok, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs |
| 20 July 2021 |  Mělník, Czech Republic | Jakub Kulhánek, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 12 April 2022[6] | Kamenice, Czech Republic | Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs |