{"id":8488,"date":"2025-03-18T14:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/?p=8488"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:26:21","slug":"sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Created: 2025.03.13. 15:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ConSIMium is the European Union Council\u2019s student simulation event, where each EU member state is represented by a six-member delegation. Among the Hungarian team was S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz, a student of International Relations at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, who participated in this two-day Brussels programme for the third time. The event provided him with first-hand experience of the challenges of EU negotiations and legislative processes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 160 enthusiastic university students recently took over the negotiation rooms of the European Union Council in Brussels. At the third ConSIMium simulation exercise, each EU member state was represented by a six-member delegation. The programme\u2019s objective was for participants to assert their country\u2019s interests while negotiating critical issues, such as boosting European industry and securing critical raw materials. To do so, they had to precisely follow the decision-making procedures of the European Council and the Council of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students from 27 nations took on roles as heads of state and government, ministers, national experts, journalists, and ambassadors. In the Hungarian delegation, the role of ambassador was assigned to S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz, an International Relations student at the Ap\u00e1czai Csere J\u00e1nos Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University. Previously,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.sze.hu\/sze-students-play-important-role-in-the-hungarian-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-eu?ckw=csOhY3o=\">he had served as a liaison officer for the Danish delegation during Hungary\u2019s EU presidency in the second half of 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMy application for ConSIMium was supported by Professor Dr L\u00edvia Mih\u00e1lyka Ablonczyn\u00e9 from Sz\u00e9chenyi University, and I was ultimately selected by the Hungarian Rectors\u2019 Conference as one of the top six students to represent Hungary. During the programme, we followed the entire ordinary legislative procedure within the EU, focusing specifically on the work of the Council of the European Union,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;explained S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz. The third-year student elaborated that this year\u2019s simulation covered two main topics: strengthening the European defence industry through joint procurement and securing critical raw materials. These issues sparked intense debates among the delegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a future diplomat, S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz was assigned the role of Hungary\u2019s ambassador in Brussels, with his main responsibility being to support the work of the Council of the European Union as a member of the Permanent Representatives Committee.&nbsp;<em>\u201cThis role serves as a bridge between the technical and political spheres. While we did not have decision-making authority, we carried out extensive preparatory work and amendments to ensure that by the time the proposal reached ministerial discussions, it was already well-developed and refined,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz expressed his gratitude for being part of a highly prepared and dedicated Hungarian team, which enabled them to fully represent national interests\u2014a remarkable achievement. He takes particular pride in this, as the team had to navigate complex issues in discussions with their European counterparts, helping him further develop his diplomatic, analytical, and negotiation skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7.png 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz (far right), an International Studies student at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, with members of the Hungarian delegation at the simulation exercise.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Created: 2025.03.13. 15:12 ConSIMium is the European Union Council\u2019s student simulation event, where each EU member state is represented by a six-member delegation. Among the Hungarian team was S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels - SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"hu_HU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels - SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Created: 2025.03.13. 15:12 ConSIMium is the European Union Council\u2019s student simulation event, where each EU member state is represented by a six-member delegation. Among the Hungarian team was S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-18T14:26:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-1024x683.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Szerz\u0151:\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kiss Hanna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Becs\u00fclt olvas\u00e1si id\u0151\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 perc\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/\",\"name\":\"SZE Alumni \\u2013 Sz\\u00e9chenyi Istv\\u00e1n Egyetem\",\"description\":\"SZE Alumni \\u2013 Sz\\u00e9chenyi Istv\\u00e1n Egyetem\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"hu\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"hu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7.png\",\"width\":1620,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/\",\"name\":\"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels - SZE Alumni \\u2013 Sz\\u00e9chenyi Istv\\u00e1n Egyetem\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-18T14:26:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-18T14:26:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4143d30b9a9372a141d79c035c292d40\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"hu\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Homepage\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4143d30b9a9372a141d79c035c292d40\",\"name\":\"Kiss Hanna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"hu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c38759ec098a0cbcf3d2ffd2c3352e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c38759ec098a0cbcf3d2ffd2c3352e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kiss Hanna\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/author\/kissha\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels - SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/","og_locale":"hu_HU","og_type":"article","og_title":"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels - SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem","og_description":"Created: 2025.03.13. 15:12 ConSIMium is the European Union Council\u2019s student simulation event, where each EU member state is represented by a six-member delegation. Among the Hungarian team was S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1cz, ...","og_url":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/","og_site_name":"SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem","article_published_time":"2025-03-18T14:26:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7-1024x683.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Szerz\u0151:":"Kiss Hanna","Becs\u00fclt olvas\u00e1si id\u0151":"3 perc"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/","name":"SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem","description":"SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"hu"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"hu","url":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-7.png","width":1620,"height":1080},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/","name":"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels - SZE Alumni \u2013 Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n Egyetem","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2025-03-18T14:26:21+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-18T14:26:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4143d30b9a9372a141d79c035c292d40"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"hu","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/sze-student-excels-at-eu-council-simulation-in-brussels\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Homepage","item":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SZE Student Excels at EU Council Simulation in Brussels"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4143d30b9a9372a141d79c035c292d40","name":"Kiss Hanna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"hu","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c38759ec098a0cbcf3d2ffd2c3352e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c38759ec098a0cbcf3d2ffd2c3352e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kiss Hanna"},"url":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/author\/kissha\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8490,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8488\/revisions\/8490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}