Relationship dossier
Greece
Hungary
Relationship assessment
Greece and Hungary have cooperated on NATO ties and emergency assistance, alongside policy differences within the EU.
Greece toward Hungary
+10Greece supported Hungary’s accession to NATO, a concrete act of support for Hungary’s security and international integration.
Hungary toward Greece
+15Hungary provided firefighting assistance to Greece during the 2021 wildfire emergency, contributing practical emergency support.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes concrete security-related support from Greece and emergency assistance from Hungary. EU membership provides a setting for continued engagement, while differences over migration policy form a potential source of friction; the scale of these disagreements in bilateral relations is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Greece and Hungary have cooperated through concrete bilateral and alliance-related actions. Greece supported Hungary’s accession to NATO, and Hungary provided firefighting assistance to Greece during the 2021 wildfire emergency. The relationship also includes differences over EU migration policy, although their extent as direct bilateral tensions is unclear.
Key developments
Greece supported Hungary’s accession to NATO.
Hungary provided firefighting assistance to Greece during the wildfire emergency.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of direct bilateral cooperation beyond these examples are unclear.
- The extent to which differences over EU migration policy have affected bilateral relations is uncertain.