Globális és nemzetközi kormányzás, nemzetközi jog, emberi jogok
Politikatudomány
In recent months, there has been an upsurge in calls for reform and treaty change
in the European Union.
The underlying motivations include improving the EU’s capacity to act on the one hand
and preparing the
EU institutions for enlargement on the other. Although due to the formation of the
new European Parliament
and the European Commission, no substantial progress is likely during the 2024 Hungarian
Presidency;
nonetheless, the issue will not disappear from the political discourse. The present
paper explores the impact
of treaty changes on European integration, with a special focus on whether Hungary
could benefit from
such a process. The research examines changes in the depth of integration as measured
by the content of
each of the treaties that have been adopted and entered into force, using the criteria
of Leon N. Lindberg,
Stuart A. Scheingold, Tanja A. Börzel and Péter Halmai, and compares the results with
Hungary’s current
objectives. Given that Hungary does not wish to cooperate more closely than it already
does under the
measurement criteria, it would be forced to make significant compromises in any reform
of the EU.
