According to the Economist's political analyst Tim Judah, Hungarians were always more inclined to the EU enlargement process than other EU member states, arguing that Laszlo Trocsanyi nomination for Enlargement Commissioner is not necessarily problematic, but that the problem lies in other member states.

Judah said he has heard the rumours that Hungarians support the enlargement process because they want to expand the autocratic bloc within the EU, however, he does not think it is necessarily a bad thing that a Hungarian could be in charge of that process.

He said the real question is whether Trocsanyi will do his job well. Whoever the commissioner for enlargement is and as much as he supported the process, no one can tell what France and the Netherlands will decide where scepticism over the enlargement process prevails.

The Economist’s analyst mentioned the French President who was clear that he was against an early or faster enlargement, and recalled that the Dutch were also sceptical about Albania. The Dutch Parliament even passed a ban on Schengen and a ban on visa-free travel.

Judah concluded that the problem is not the Commissioner but other EU member states.