On the Way to the Hungarian EU Presidency

The volume is a publication of the Europe Strategy Research Institute of the Ludovika University of Public Service, the purpose of which is to provide an insight into the most important policy issues in relation to the opportunities and challenges expected to arise in the course of the Hungarian EU presidency in the second half of 2024. The book contains 12 studies that touch on cohesion policy, the effects of the Russian–Ukrainian war, the Hungarian family policy, the protection of national minorities, the EU sanctions applied against Russia, the conference on the future of Europe, the rule of law proceedings against Hungary, the digital sovereignty, the EU defence policy, the European green transition and restorative justice. The volume aims to make the role of the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union more understandable and to provide insight into the processes taking place in different policy areas, thus helping to understand the expected priorities and tasks of the Hungarian presidency.