This joint policy paper entitled "Achievements of the first Hungarian EU Council Presidency" aims to provide a synthetic view of the achievement and caveats of the first Hungarian presidency of the European Union Council, as seen through brief and problem-oriented presentations of the CENS research team.

On 27 June 2011 the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) organized a seminar entitled “Achievements of the first Hungarian EU Council Presidency” where Péter Balázs, director of CENS and former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs assessed the six-month term of the Hungarian Council Presidency. A large audience, consisting mainly of diplomats and ambassadors of EU Member States and the Hungarian and international press, was interested in his evaluation which was followed by several appearances in the media: