Comments on: What do the Polish and Hungarian EU presidencies reveal about the competencies of this office?

Comments on: What do the Polish and Hungarian EU presidencies reveal about the competencies of this office? https://theloop.ecpr.eu/what-do-the-polish-and-hungarian-eu-presidencies-reveal-about-the-competencies-of-each/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Corbett https://theloop.ecpr.eu/what-do-the-polish-and-hungarian-eu-presidencies-reveal-about-the-competencies-of-each/#comment-51206 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:40:35 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=22160#comment-51206 Maybe the EU has stumbled into a workable pragmatic arrangement. When the High Rep is otherwise engaged, she can ask the rotating Council presidency's Foreign Minister to represent her. But by not formalising this arrangement (as a "Vice-High Rep"), she is not obliged to choose that option. When the current rotating presidency cannot be relied on to represent EU positions, she will not use it. When it is reliable, and all the more so when it is an experienced and respected foreign minister, she will.

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