The words of King Stephen in the Hungarian rock opera István, a Király are appropriate in reference to the European Union, too: “You’re so far away, but still close.” For the outsider, the network of the European Institutions seems to be a complicated – only comprehensible to those who are actively involved in it.
The Reformed Church of Hungary is among those who eagerly await what the country’s EU presidency, lasting six months from 1 January, shall bring for Hungarians, said Gusztáv Bölcskei, the Synod’s President for Religious Matters. Bishop Bölcskei believes that it is essential for the church’s contribution to take the form of help.
Presentation by Rüdiger Noll, Director of the Church and Society Commission of CEC regarding the Hungarian EU Presidency, at the General Assembly of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary, 6 December 2010.
