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The recent election result in Hungary has been seen as a welcome relief within the European Union.

The bloc of 27 nations has, at times, felt frustrated with the country for blocking what the other 26 members have agreed to do, especially regarding financial support for Ukraine.

Now the EU has been able to push through a loan to Ukraine of more than US$100bn, and some observers believe the union’s turbulent years are behind it.

As it marks 10 years since the United Kingdom voted to leave, and with Montenegro expected to soon join, this week on The Inquiry we’re asking: ‘What is the future of the European Union?’

Contributors:
Dr Monika Sus, professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the Robert Schuman Center of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy
Michael Geary, professor of European history at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Catherine E. de Vries, author How Europe Survives: The Adaptability and Resilience of a Continent in Peril, vice dean of the school for politics, economics and global affairs at IE University of Madrid, Spain
Dr Andi Hoxhaj, lecturer in law and director of the European law and LLM programme at King's College, London, UK

Presenter: Daniel Rosney
Producer: Jill Collins
Researchers: Evie Yablsey and Amelia Cox
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Technical Producer: James Bradshaw
Production Management: Phoebe Lomas & Liam Morrey

(Photo: European Union flags. Credit: Reuters/Â鶹Éç Images)