Opportunites for the 2024 Hungarian EU Presidency in the European Security and Defense Policy Framework

Csiki, Tamás (2024) Opportunites for the 2024 Hungarian EU Presidency in the European Security and Defense Policy Framework. In: The 2024 Hungarian EU Presidency. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 205-214. ISBN 9789636530624; 9789636530617; 9789636530631

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Abstract

In the second half of 2024, Hungary will take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, for the second time after 2011. At a time, when we can no longer take Europe’s security for granted, defence issues are becoming more important and visible than ever before, and they also require greater resources dedicated. While no single country can maintain the security and stability of the continent alone, the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has been considered by member states part of the intergovernmental decision-making process of European integration, thus resolving the tensions between the need for cooperation and the sensitivities based on national interests and sovereignty. The paper briefly summarises the security and defence policy experience of the 2011 Hungarian EU Presidency, pointing out the similarities of the ‘role’ in the current period of preparation. At the same time, it provides a brief assessment of the security environment and European defence policy processes, showing where progress has been made and where more can be done to maintain common security and defence – along Hungarian interests.

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