Külpolitika - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet folyóirata - 1998 (4. évfolyam)
1998 / 2. szám - ESEMÉNYNAPTÁR - Resumé
Resumé Tamás Philippovich Hungary seen from Paris—Central Europe's Place in the French Foreign Policy European Union's historical aim is to once and for all bury nationalism, which has provoked several centuries of useless sufferings for "European People". Presently the globalisation of the world economy, makes an entirely new form of living together necessary. Concerning Hungary, 10 or 12 years after the transformation of the political system, we do not think that the country may meet more difficulties in joining the Union than Spain and Portugal had in their time. The Hungarians should consider seriously, the actual efforts to reform the Union's institutions, the introduction of the euro and the building up of a European security system. Indeed, during the first years main interest for the country in joining the European Union may lie in the balancing and economic growing of its national territory. Hungary could play a very important role, as the center of economical expansion in Central and Eastern Europe. This million needs much more than a simple free trade area. It has to be supported, by the large unified market of the Union; and the conditions of such an efficient support is doubtlessly the creation of the common European currency. This means also, the progressive adaption of largely harmonised budgetary, and social policies, between all member states, nearly similar structures of taxes, and a closely coordinated industrial, agricultural and trade policy. Those aims are evidently rather long terms purposes, but nevertheless. Hungary's interest is to participate in that realisation as soon as possible. One of the strougest reasons for France's backing of Hungarian membership, in the European Union lies certainly in the hope to find a new ally for it's view of building European Integration. In front of the heavy ethnical and nationalistic troubles in the Balkans, and even the persistant social and internal political difficulties, encountered in several other neighbour countries Hungary appears today for the French, the most stable and mature old European nation of the whole region. 1998. nyár 129
