The Future has Begun?
The Hungarian Experience of the Conference on the Future of Europe
Copyright (c) 2024 Bólya Boglárka, Balogh Zsuzsanna Zsófia
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Abstract
The Conference on the Future of Europe, launched by the European Union in 2021, aimed to engage citizens in a dialogue and serve as a key platform for EU institutions to discuss the future direction of the European Union. Hungary actively participated in the process, and the objective of our study is to shed light on the contributions of Hungarian citizens and the conclusions drawn from them. The study also explores the post-Conference landscape, tracing the evolution of the proposals arising directly or indirectly from the debates on the future of Europe, with a reflection to their possible implications on the revision of the EU Treaties.
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