Policy Solutions

What Policy Solutions does

Policy Solutions is a Budapest-based, independent nonprofit political analysis and research institute (legally Policy Solutions Elemző és Kutató Nonprofit Kft.) founded in 2008 to analyze Hungarian and European Union political processes. Its core offerings are analytical publications, annual yearbooks (the 'Hungarian Politics In-Depth' and 'Hungarian Politics' series), original public opinion surveys on Hungarian political attitudes toward the EU, foreign policy, and public services, and collaborative academic volumes published with Palgrave Macmillan. The institute also operates two interactive research tools — the Képviselőfigyelő (Parliamentary Monitor) portal tracking Hungarian parliamentary representatives' activity, and the Populism Tracker developed with FEPS monitoring populist party support across Europe — and supports the Új Egyenlőség public affairs podcast.

The institute employs approximately six people and is led by co-founder and Research Director Bíró-Nagy András (formerly of the European Commission's Cabinet for Commissioner László Andor) and Strategic Director Boros Tamás, with additional analysts including Győri Gábor and Medve-Bálint Gergő. It opened a Brussels office in January 2016 to serve EU-level policymakers, politicians, and journalists, and operates as the official Hungarian partner of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), alongside long-standing collaborations with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, European Values Think Tank, and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament.

Policy Solutions operates on a nonprofit, grant-funded business model: all publications, surveys, and analyses are made freely available on its website and through partner distribution channels, with revenue derived from research grants and institutional partnerships with European progressive foundations rather than commercial sales. Its audience and downstream 'customers' are Hungarian and EU policymakers, journalists (Partizán, ATV, Klubrábió, Telex), academic researchers, and civil society organizations; its actual revenue counterparties are concentrated in a small set of European foundation funders.

Name

Policy Solutions

Legal name

Policy Solutions Elemző és Kutató Nonprofit Kft.

Website

https://policysolutions.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Policy Solutions is a Budapest-based, nonprofit Hungarian and EU political analysis and research institute that produces policy publications, annual yearbooks, public opinion surveys, and interactive research tools (Parliamentary Monitor, Populism Tracker) for policymakers, journalists, academics, and civil society, funded primarily by European progressive foundation grants.

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Product category

Policy Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Think Tanks, Policy Research & Public Policy Institutes (BPAGAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Policy, Regulatory & Public Affairs Research (BPAHALAF), Governance, Public Financial Management & Service Delivery Reform (BPADAEAD)

Keywords

• Political research institute
• Policy analysis services
• EU affairs research
• Public opinion polling
• Hungarian politics research

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research grants and institutional partnerships: Policy Solutions operates as a nonprofit research institute (Policy Solutions Elemző és Kutató Nonprofit Kft.) and generates revenue through collaborative research grants with European think tanks and foundations, including FEPS and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Policy Solutions is a Budapest-based political analysis and research institute (Nonprofit Kft.) that produces policy research, English-language yearbooks, public opinion surveys, and academic books on Hungarian and European Union political processes. Its core deliverables include the annual 'Hungarian Politics In-Depth' yearbook, comparative studies on populism and social democracy, online research tools such as the Képviselőfigyelő (Parliamentary Monitor) and Populism Tracker, and expert commentary disseminated to policymakers, journalists and civil society through free downloads, media partnerships, conferences, and think-tank collaborations.

Product overview

Policy Solutions is a Budapest-based political analysis and research institute offering a portfolio of publications, research tools, and media partnerships focused on Hungarian and European Union political processes. The core offering consists of policy research publications including the annual 'Hungarian Politics' yearbook series, specialized studies on EU affairs, populism, and social democracy, and collaborative books published with academic publishers like Palgrave Macmillan. Research tools include the Képviselőfigyelő (Parliamentary Monitor) portal for tracking parliamentary activity and the Populism Tracker website developed with FEPS for monitoring populist parties across Europe. The institute also supports media initiatives including the Új Egyenlőség public affairs podcast and publishes regular English-language analytical reports through its 'Hungarian Politics In-Depth' series.

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Products and services

• Hungarian Politics in 2025 (annual yearbook) English-language yearbook providing annual analysis of the most important Hungarian domestic and foreign policy developments and the outlook for the following year; targeted at policymakers, journalists, and academic researchers.
• The Path of Hungary's EU Membership: Navigating Sovereignty, Dependence, and Economic Development Edited academic book examining the public policy balance of Hungary's EU membership, authored by Policy Solutions staff and published by Palgrave Macmillan for academic and policy audiences.
• Mérlegen az Európai Unió — Hungarian Attitudes to EU Membership 2024 Public opinion survey and study analysing Hungarian societal attitudes toward EU membership advantages and disadvantages.
• Mérlegen az állam 2025 — Hungarian Public Attitudes to Public Services Research report on Hungarian public satisfaction with public services and potential reform directions, targeted at policymakers and policy researchers.
• A világ magyar szemmel — Hungarian Foreign Policy Attitudes 2025 Foreign policy attitude survey exploring how Hungarian public opinion views global affairs in 2025, with findings disseminated through a four-part series on Telex.
• The Social Democratic Parties in the Visegrád Countries Edited academic book on three decades of social democratic parties in the Visegrád countries, published by Palgrave Macmillan for academic and policy audiences.
• Hungarian Politics In-Depth analytical report series Recurring English-language analytical reports covering Hungarian political developments, with higher-frequency weekly updates during Hungarian election periods.
• Képviselőfigyelő (Parliamentary Monitor) portal Standalone website tracking the activity of Hungarian parliamentary representatives and making their work more transparent for citizens, journalists, and researchers.
• Populism Tracker website English-language online research tool co-developed with FEPS, featuring a Populism Map and Populism Graph that monitor populist party support and trends across European countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over a decade of continuous publication output from 2009 to present, including annual yearbooks and monthly EP analysis reports
• +1 more outcomes

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Palgrave MacmillanminorOthers · 1 January 2024Policy Solutions publications, including 'The Path of Hungary's EU Membership' and 'The Social Democratic Parties in the Visegrád Countries', have been published through Palgrave Macmillan. This is an academic publishing relationship.
• TelexminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Policy Solutions analysts published a four-part foreign policy attitudes research series on Telex in 2024-2025, reaching Telex's digital audience with their survey findings on Hungarian public attitudes toward foreign policy.
• Brussels office operationsminorOthers · 1 January 2016Policy Solutions opened a Brussels office in January 2016 to serve EU-level policymakers, politicians, and journalists. This represents an operational expansion rather than a formal partnership.
• European Values Think Tank (Prague)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Policy Solutions co-organized a conference on minority integration with the Prague-based European Values Think Tank and the Center for European Policy Studies in 2014, examining integration policies in Central Europe.
• European ParliamentminorOthers · 1 January 2016Policy Solutions has engaged with the European Parliament through its MEP analysis work, and received a delegation from the EP's Committee on Petitions in 2012. The Brussels office opened to strengthen EU-level engagement.
• Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2015Policy Solutions became the official Hungarian partner of the Brussels-based Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS). The partnership enables joint research programs, collaborative publications on social democracy, populism, and European integration, and co-organization of international conferences. FEPS is a key institutional partner supporting Policy Solutions' podcast series with Új Egyenlőség and multiple research initiatives since 2015.
• Greens/EFA Group in the European ParliamentminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Policy Solutions co-organized a conference on 'The Russian Presence in the European Energy Market' with the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament in 2016, examining Russian energy investments in the EU.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) BudapestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Policy Solutions has an established partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Budapest office, collaborating on research projects covering Hungarian politics, euroskepticism, social democracy, public services, youth policy, and minority issues. Joint outputs include conferences, workshops, and co-published studies dating back to at least 2011.
• European Commission — European Commission Representation in HungaryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011The European Commission's Hungarian Representation and Policy Solutions co-organized a 'Europa jövője' (Future of Europe) discussion series in autumn 2011, covering the continent's main political-economic challenges.
• Új EgyenlőségminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Policy Solutions and FEPS have supported the production of the Új Egyenlőség public affairs podcast since 2021, with Policy Solutions and FEPS co-funding the production of episodes covering Hungarian and EU political issues.

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Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GLOBSEC: Bratislava-based Central European policy think tank covering security, democracy, and EU affairs. Comparable on regional Central European scope, English-language research output, and progressive-democratic policy framing.
• Republikon Institute: Budapest-based liberal think tank producing research on Hungarian politics, EU integration, and public policy. Direct peer given overlapping progressive positioning, English-language output, and similar donor ecosystem.
• Political Capital Institute: Budapest-based political research and analysis institute with a comparable focus on Hungarian politics, populism, far-right movements, and EU affairs. Closest domestic competitor with overlapping methodological approaches and media positioning.
• European Values Think-Tank: Prague-based think tank focused on democracy, rule of law, and Central European politics. Direct peer and existing collaboration partner of Policy Solutions on minority integration and democracy research.

Broad incumbents

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR): Pan-European foreign affairs think tank with member offices across EU capitals. Comparable on EU affairs coverage, pan-European research output, and policy-bridge role, but at a much larger scale and broader geopolitical mandate.
• Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS): Brussels-based broad policy think tank covering EU integration, economic governance, and enlargement. Comparable on EU-policy research and Brussels-based engagement, though at a substantially larger scale across all EU policy domains.

Others

• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Budapest: Budapest office of Germany's social-democratic political foundation. Functions as both a long-standing partner/funder of Policy Solutions and as an adjacent producer of progressive policy research in Hungary, making it a near-peer in output and ideological positioning.
• Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS): Brussels-based progressive think-tank network and Policy Solutions' primary institutional partner. Comparable on social-democratic research output and Brussels-based policy engagement, but functioning as a network/funder rather than a single-country research institute.
• Századvég: Budapest-based Hungarian policy research institute aligned with the Fidesz government. Operates in the same Hungary policy-research market with similar product formats but opposing political framing — a useful counter-positioning reference rather than a competitor for the same donor base.

Regional players

• Demos Helsinki: Helsinki-based Nordic think tank producing progressive research on democracy, social policy, and EU affairs. Comparable on thematic research areas and progressive think-tank positioning, but serving a different national market with limited geographic overlap with Policy Solutions.

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