András Bíró-Nagy is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Department of Government and Public Policy at the Institute for Political Science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, and Director of Policy Solutions.Gergő Medve-Bálint is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, and Associate Professor at the Institute for Social and Political Sciences at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Eastern enlargement after 20 years: the European Union as a regulatory framework.- 3. Sovereign dependence. Hungarian market economy in the EU.- 4. Economic governance: conceived in crisis, victim of crises.- 5. Why has Hungary not adopted the euro? The reasons and circumstances of staying out of the Eurozone.- 6. The impact of EU funds on the performance of Hungarian companies.- 7. Hungarian industrial policy in the EU framework.- 8. The impact of EU membership on Hungarian legislation.- 9. The implementation of country-specific recommendations in Hungary.- 10. Social divergence in Hungary.- 11. EU funds and regional disparities.- 12. Hungarian agriculture: the balance of two decades in the EU.- 13. Public perceptions of the European Union’s policy impact in Hungary.- 14. Drivers of Euroscepticism in Hungary.- 15. Conclusion.

András Bíró-Nagy is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Department of Government and Public Policy at the Institute for Political Science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, and Director of Policy Solutions.Gergő Medve-Bálint is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, and Associate Professor at the Institute for Social and Political Sciences at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Eastern enlargement after 20 years: the European Union as a regulatory framework.- 3. Sovereign dependence. Hungarian market economy in the EU.- 4. Economic governance: conceived in crisis, victim of crises.- 5. Why has Hungary not adopted the euro? The reasons and circumstances of staying out of the Eurozone.- 6. The impact of EU funds on the performance of Hungarian companies.- 7. Hungarian industrial policy in the EU framework.- 8. The impact of EU membership on Hungarian legislation.- 9. The implementation of country-specific recommendations in Hungary.- 10. Social divergence in Hungary.- 11. EU funds and regional disparities.- 12. Hungarian agriculture: the balance of two decades in the EU.- 13. Public perceptions of the European Union’s policy impact in Hungary.- 14. Drivers of Euroscepticism in Hungary.- 15. Conclusion.

András Bíró-Nagy is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Department of Government and Public Policy at the Institute for Political Science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, and Director of Policy Solutions.Gergő Medve-Bálint is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, and Associate Professor at the Institute for Social and Political Sciences at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Eastern enlargement after 20 years: the European Union as a regulatory framework.- 3. Sovereign dependence. Hungarian market economy in the EU.- 4. Economic governance: conceived in crisis, victim of crises.- 5. Why has Hungary not adopted the euro? The reasons and circumstances of staying out of the Eurozone.- 6. The impact of EU funds on the performance of Hungarian companies.- 7. Hungarian industrial policy in the EU framework.- 8. The impact of EU membership on Hungarian legislation.- 9. The implementation of country-specific recommendations in Hungary.- 10. Social divergence in Hungary.- 11. EU funds and regional disparities.- 12. Hungarian agriculture: the balance of two decades in the EU.- 13. Public perceptions of the European Union’s policy impact in Hungary.- 14. Drivers of Euroscepticism in Hungary.- 15. Conclusion.