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The paper analyses the European policy pursued by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Having won a two-thirds majority in the 2010 elections, the new Orbán government went on to make its mark in the European Union. This was all the easier as, in the first half of 2011, Hungary held the rotating presidency of the European Union. Hungary conducted a fairly successful presidency, but the whole affair was overshadowed by the disputes on the Hungarian media law and the new Constitution. After the EU presidency the government mostly focused on the negotiations about the EU budget for 2014-2020 and the continuation of the enlargement policy - with some success. The third part of the article focuses on Viktor Orbán's perception of the EU in the light of his public speeches and interviews, and shows that there are at least three different discourses which the Hungarian Prime Minister applies in regard to the EU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In present paper the author analyses four aspects of timesharing contract: Applicable law (in European Union law and national legislation) 2. The Notion of Timesharing 3. System of Timesharing 4. Recognition of contract. The European Parliament and Council have on 24th October, 1994 adopted the Directive 94/47/EC on the protection of purchasers in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a timeshare basis. The aim of the Directive was to bridge the existing differences between national legislations in respect of this contract that are likely to create barriers to the proper operation of the internal market and distort the competition. The purchasers of an immovable property ought to enjoy the highest standards of legal protection (right to information on the constituent parts of contract, right to restitution), just as the vendors are entitled to collect payment for the transferred rights. Since the legal nature of the rights subject of timesharing contracts varies considerably from one Member State to another, it proved necessary to establish a minimum basis of common rules. The Directive itself has the aim to bring under overall regulation the timesharing contract, especially in respect of its essential elements, purchaser's right to information and protection of his interest in property. The Member States took different paths in respect of implementation of this contract in the national legislation. Some included it in the branch of consumer protection law (for instance, Scandinavian countries, United Kingdom, Germany or Austria), while others in the domain of tax law (such as Greece, Portugal, Spain or France). There are, however, differences at national level for example in respect of form and essential elements, parties to the contract or consumers' right to restitution. The timesharing contract has its most important role in transfer of rights to temporary use of touristic facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]