Analyzes
Dr. Alicja Curanovićot: Smart Presidency is the key to Central-Eastern Europe’s succes
Gábor Iván: Hungary will help Lisbon implementation
Analyst: Fidesz EU-budget, active socialists
"László Surján, rapporteur of the EU-budget received the most spotlight among Hungarian MEPs in October. In between fast-track professional work has started among socialist MEPs, while Jobbik representative, Krisztina Morvai mostly does political show in Strasbourg" - the political analyst center, Policy Solutions writes in his October research.
International lawyer: Klaus is a hazardeur of international law!
Former FM: Hungary and Slovakia has numerous common interests
Cecilia Björner: Presidency is fun!
"While the French Presidency and Nicolas Sarkozy was said to personalize the EU, and gave an answer to the Kissinger-question "what should I call if I want to speak to Europe?";, we only can hope that people do not knock on the door of Mr Václáv Klaus, if they want to get Europe know better. The eurosceptic attitude of the Czech president has weight down the achievements of the Czech Presidency." - says Korinna Vas, member of the Corvinus Society for Foreign Affairs and Culture.
Lessons learnt from the Czech Presidency
The performance of the Czech EU-Presidency has not been an ultimate triumph. While some of what went wrong in the course of the first half of 2009 might be attributed to extenuating circumstances, it is still useful to examine the mistakes. It could be especially useful to extract the lessons to learn for Hungary, as in the first half of 2011 we have to cope with the task of the President of the EU. A new Commentary by CEPS Research Fellow Piotr Maciej Kaczyński identifies five major mistakes committed during those difficult six months.
