The future of the European Union's budget and Hungary's room for action

Abstract

To prepare a budget is one of the key tasks at any time and on any level – starting from individual households through large corporations up to the level of countries. It is not only on the general objectives that a consensus is to be reached but also, on the amount of the available funds and the desired distribution thereof. Both the definition of the objectives and the nature of the process that leads up to a consensus reach far beyond direct economic issues and well reflect the interdisciplinary thinking of a community, as well as its ability to compromise.