The EU–Mercosur agreement and its possible impacts – under this title, the International Economics Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) is organizing a professional roundtable discussion on Thursday, February 19, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., in the HEA community space (ELTE Faculty of Law, Building B, 1053 Budapest, Kecskeméti u. 10–12., 4th floor, room 403) and on the HEA YouTube channel.
The introductory presentation of the event will be delivered by Balázs Ferkelt, Associate Professor at Budapest Business University and member of the Executive Board of the HEA International Economics Section. Participants in the subsequent roundtable discussion, in addition to Balázs Ferkelt, will be Imre Fertő, Director General of the ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest, and Csaba Pólyi, former Ambassador of Hungary to Brazil and member of the Executive Board of the HEA International Economics Section. The moderator of the event will be Tamás Galambos, President of the HEA International Economics Section.
The event can be followed live on the HEA YouTube channel at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vf9BkNMkSw.
Personal participation in the event is free of charge, but due to the seating capacity of the room, prior registration is required. We kindly ask those interested to indicate their intention to participate as soon as possible in advance at mkt@mkt.hu!