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Western Balkans First: Rethinking EU Enlargement Priorities
MCC Budapest
The Center for European Studies hosted Arnaud Gouillon, Director of Serbia’s Office for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, for a thought-provoking discussion on EU enlargement through a Serbian lens. The event explored Serbia’s longstanding aspiration to join the EU, regional dynamics in the Western Balkans, and the political double standards shaping today’s accession process.
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The Future of the European Union: National Sovereignty or Centralization?
MCC Budapest
The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), joined by the Ordo Iuris Institute and the Center for Fundamental rights, held a full-house conference to present The Great Reset report and discuss the future of the European Union. Leading experts emphasized the need to restore member state sovereignty, reduce bureaucratic centralization, and return to the EU’s founding principles. The panel featured prominent voices from Central Europe.
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THE GREAT RESET: Restoring Member State Sovereignty in the European Union
Budapest
Over the past 70 years, the European Union has evolved from a simple economic cooperation project into a powerful supranational entity with its own currency, court, and ability to impose financial sanctions on Member States. What began as a vision of free trade and peaceful coexistence has transformed into an institution influencing nearly all aspects of governance in Europe, centralizing power at the expense of national sovereignty.
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The Polish Case: Sanctions Without Conditionality – What If All It Took Was a Change of Government?
Budapest
The paper examines the release of €137 billion in EU funds to Poland following Donald Tusk's return to power in December 2023, raising questions about the European Union's motivations and consistency regarding the rule of law. It critiques the alleged double standards applied to Poland, exploring whether the EU's criteria for withholding funds were genuinely rooted in concerns over judicial independence or driven by political considerations.
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The situation of universities excluded from EU funding is crucial in Hungary today
Budapest
The latest conference hosted by the Centre for European Studies, MCC, shined a spotlight on the predicament facing model-changing universities, which find themselves excluded from direct EU funding.
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