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European Elections 2019 - Renewing the Political Agenda for a United Europe

The latest international conference of HES "European Elections 2019 - Renewing the Political Agenda for a United Europe​" was held on 12-13 April 2019 at the Ibis Styles Budapest Center (Rákóczi út 58, H-1074 Budapest).

PROGRAM

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Fanni Bársony: Civil participation and the European Elections 2019
Jürgen Dieringer: The territorial dimension of anti-EU-voting in East-Central European countries
Emma Gothár: The European Union in a Changing Global Landscape
László Jankovics: Prospects for governance reform in the euro area: Open during renovation?
Katalin Nagy: Do policy issues matter in the election campaigns? Social challenges facing the European Union
Zoltán Simon: Anti-Europeans, Populists, and EU External Relations
Corina Stratulat: The future of Europe: ‘it’s the member states, stupid!’
Edit Zgut: Sonderweg of the Eastern member states of the EU

Facing the European Elections

István Hegedűs was a guest expert in the program "Mandátum" of Klubrádió on 11 April 2019.

The Last Thirty Years

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Facing the European Parliamentary Elections: Hungary and the European Union" at the Faculty of Social Sciences at ELTE University on 10 April 2019.

Hectic Months in Europe

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The Sate of the European Union Before Brexit and the European Elections" for the Scientific Student Circle on Human Rights, Law and Social Theory at the University of Pécs on 3 April 2019. 

Events

Changes in Hungary from American Perspective
Once again the Hungarian Europe Society organised the leadership program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States between 29 March and 3 April 2019 in Budapest and the Danube Bend. The Hungarian study tour for five US fellows - Priscilla Cheng, Los Angeles County, Federation of Labor, AFL-...
Professional European Civic Activism
The Hungarian Europe Society was a host organiser of the "European Civics Academy" training led by The Good Lobby, a Brussels-based NGO. The training which was held on 26 February 2019 at Európa Pont in Budapest, provides knowledge and practical skills for activists, NGO experts and university...
How Long Do Hybrids Live?
Gábor Filippov, political scientist-historian, gave a presentation entitled "The Nature and Perspectives of the Hungarian Political Regime" on 15 February 2019.
Germany and Hungary in the European Union
On 9 January 2019 Volkmar Wenzel, ambassador of the German Federal Republic in Hungary made a presentation to members of the Hungarian Europe Society.

Declarations

Protest and Resistance
More than a hundred NGOs, the Hungarian Europe Society among them, have joined a common manifesto published on the occasion of the 15 March 2019 public holiday, in which they declare their shared democratic values. At the same time they demand the withdrawal of the government's...
At Last, the European Parliament Has Taken Firm Stand!
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society* on triggering Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union​   Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union claims: “The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and...
For the Local Communities, for a Peaceful Hungary
On 18 December 2017 135 Hungarian NGO-s, including HES, protested against the attacks on civil society by the local governments of Kaposvár, Miskolc and Pécs, which initiated the expulsion of civil organisations from their cities.  
We Are All Foreigners!
Please find the latest declaration of the Hungarian Europe Soiety about the current legislation impacting NGOs in Hungary here (HU).