Interim Balance Sheet of the Hungarian Council Presidency

More than four months have passed since Hungary took over the Presidency of the EU, prompting the need for a review of its performance so far.

More than four months have passed since Hungary took over the Presidency of the EU from its predecessor, Belgium. As the last member of the Spanish-Belgian-Hungarian Trio, Hungary will be in charge of all the EU Council’s institutions and their preparatory forums until 30 June 2011. Having passed the mid-point of its six-month term it is time to draw up an interim balance sheet of how the first Hungarian Presidency has performed. The evaluation starts with the initial priorities of Hungary, continues with the preparations and unforeseen challenges it has encountered in its first four months and, finally, looks at the concrete results achieved so far.