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Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die ungarische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft in der ersten Jahreshälfte 2011. Die ungarische Vertretung hat versucht, die Politik in drei wesentlichen Bereichen zu prägen: (1) die Stärkung der wirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit in der EU; (2) die Verbesserung regionaler Kooperation in Mitteleuropa und (3) die Annahme einer europäischen Roma-Strategie. Der Autor kommt zu dem Schluss, dass die ungarische Ratspräsidentschaft insgesamt als Erfolg gewertet werden könne, da die angestrebten Ziele erreicht oder zumindest angestoßen werden konnten. (ICD)

This article attempts to offer a concise overview of the main developments relating to the Hungarian presidency, notably in the areas of regional stability and interethnic relations

Cover -- Effective participation of minorities in public affairs and public life - European norms and praxis evaluated in light of the Lund Recommendations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ordinary participation as the starting point -- 3. Obligation of the State to Ensure Effective Participation -- 4. Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life as a Background -- 5. Participation in the Governance of the State as a Whole -- 5.1. Arrangements at the Level of the Central Government -- 5.2. Elections -- 5.3. Arrangements at the Regional and Local Levels -- 5.4. Advisory and Consultative Bodies -- 6. Self-Governance over Certain Local or Internal Affairs -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Non-Territorial Arrangements -- 6.3. Territorial Arrangements -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- European integration and minority rights conditionality policy -- European integration and minority issues -- Conditionality policy and international norms on minority rights -- Norm diffusion - limits and potentials of international standards on minority rights -- Double standards and effective conditionality: non-discrimination and minority specific rights -- European Union enlargement policy and specific minority rights -- European Union minority protection conditionality to South-Eastern European states -- Measuring the impact of EU enlargement -- Conclusions -- The rights of national minorities in Croatia: Beyond European conditionality? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nationalism vs. European conditionality -- 3. National Minority Rights. Basic principles -- 4. Linguistic and cultural rights -- 5. Political rights -- 6. European conditionality and minority rights in Croatia. From (lack of) implementation to compliance? -- 7. Final remarks

The past decade has shown great changes in the accommodation of minority communities into South-East European and Central European countries. New measures and instruments adopted in these countries often rely on international standards and on the recommendations of international organisations. A new phase of EU conditionality policy has been developed towards SEE countries aspiring to EU membership. Besides the conditionality policy of international organisations – the Council of Europe and EU membership policy –, in the case of Kosovo and Macedonia the intervention of international bodies had a direct influence on domestic policies towards minorities. New bodies of minority self-governments, of elected and non-elected consultative bodies and new solutions for their parliamentary representation have emerged. This book addresses these issues by offering an analysis of different forms of 'effective participation' for minorities in public life, the effects of European integration and detailed case studies of the different models adopted by these states.

The question of how governments deal with ethnic diversity is fundamental to the future of peace and democracy in Europe. The way this question is articulated and addressed has changed significantly, as European governments and social actors respond to problems of regional security, domestic political contestation, and economic well-being. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the collaborative efforts of European organizations – primarily the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the European Union (EU) – provided a historic opportunity for the development of common European standards about minority inclusion across the whole spectrum of political and economic rights and opportunities available to state majorities. Europeanization – which involved the deepening of transnational institutional structures in member states, the enlargement of the EU to include an increasing number of countries from the former Soviet bloc, and the diffusion of European norms and practices in the EU and its neighbourhood – had a profound impact on the evolution of state-minority relations across the continent. Although Europeanization reaches all aspects of life in EU member and aspiring member states, the governance of ethnic diversity has evolved in diverse directions across the continent, rather than gradually converging toward common standards.

Non-territorial autonomy (NTA) is a statecraft tool that is gaining increasing importance in societies seeking to accommodate demands by ethno-cultural groups for a voice in cultural affairs important to the protection and preservation of their identity, such as language and education as well as religion. NTA offers policymakers a range of options for institutional design adaptable to specific circumstances and historical legacies. The ambition of this volume is to provide both policymakers and ethno-cultural groups with a toolkit that promotes social cohesion while respecting diversity