Hungary:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML) (2006)
Military service age and obligation	18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004; 6-month service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 50 (2006)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 2,303,116 females age 18-49: 2,265,463 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 1,780,513 females age 18-49: 1,864,580 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 63,847 females age 18-49: 61,037 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.75% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continue in 2006 with Slovakia over Hungary's failure to complete its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Hungary must implement the strict Schengen border rules
Illicit drugs	transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and for South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and methamphetamine; efforts to counter money laundering, related to organized crime and drug trafficking, are improving, but remain vulnerable; significant consumer of ecstasy