In the European Union, for the leadership in Brussels, ideology replaced expertise over the last two decades, so while Hungary has benefited and continues to benefit from membership, some of its successes are due to the strategy of the Hungarian government, Irish economist Philip Pilkington, guest researcher at Hungary’s Foreign Affairs Institute, told Magyar Hírlap … Continue reading Hungary has benefitted from 20 years in the EU, but it also led to a brain drain and severe ideological conflicts, says Irish economist