István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the Hungarian election campaign on 12 February 2026.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the Hungarian election campaign on 12 February 2026.
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The petition “For Europe, for Hungary” by Hungarian civil society organisations and individuals to the leaders of European institutions was launched on 20 January 2026. The announcement of the initiative and the roundtable discussion were attended by István Hegedűs on behalf of the Hungarian Europe Society together with Eszter Nagy, President of the Hungarian Union of European Federalists, József Martin, President of the Hungarian Section of the European Journalists' Association, Éva Pákozdi, President of the Hungarian European Women - MENŐK, István Szent-Iványi, President of Connect Europe and foreign policy expert moderated by Judit Csernyánszky in the Laurel event center.
On 27 December 2025 the Hungarian Europe Society organised its traditional annual workshop at the seat of the organisation. Participating HES members listened to the presentations of three co-members. Dr. Emma Gothár talked about The Green Shift and the Business World in the European Union, Gábor Erőss focused on The Fight of Green Policy for Survival from Józsefváros, Budapest to France, and Ádám Őri analysed the issue Media in the Age of Ecological Crisis - the State of Hungarian Environmental Journalism.
Photos by Ivola Bazánth taken at the conference titled Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge held on November 21, 2025.
Conference recordings are available on the YouTube Channel of HES.
The event and the forthcoming publication have been supported by the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für Freiheit.
Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge
- Conference of the Hungarian Europe Society -
Venue: Central European University, Budapest, 1052 Nádor utca 15, Room 106
Date: Friday, 21 November 2025
Conference photos by Ivola Bazánth
Conference recordings on the YouTube Channel of HES
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