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István Hegedűs was a member of the jury at the simulation game of the European Parliament at the Budapest Youth Centre of the Council of Europe organised by JEF Hungary on 17 February 2024.  

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Dnevnik on 23 February 2024 about the state of Hungarian politics after the resignation of the President of the Republic and the demonstration organised by influencers. 

István Hegedűs gave an interview to KlikkTV about the resignation of Katalin Novák, President of the Republic and the state of the union speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on 19 February 2024.

Finding a Winning Narrative in the High-stakes 2024 European Elections

– international conference organised by the Hungarian Europe Society –

Date: 5-6 April 2024 (Friday-Saturday)

Venue: ibis Styles Budapest Center, 1074 Budapest, Rákóczi út 58.

RSVP: Please register HERE for in-person participation or HERE to join the conference online via Zoom.

Program

INVITATION to the workshop "Dilemmas of Democratic Dialogue" organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project

Date: 10 April 2024, Wednesday 9:00 AM. – 12:30 PM.

Venue: ibis Styles Budapest Center (Budapest, Rákóczi út 58., H-1074)

RSVP by 5 April 2024

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On 26 March 2024 Andrea Szabó, senior researcher at the Institute for Political Science of the Hun-Ren Centre for Social Sciences and Mátyás Bódi electoral geography expert talked about the chances of the forthcoming local and European elections in Hungary. 

 

The Hungarian Europe Society, as a member of Civilizáció NGO community, signed a protest against the so-called sovereignty protection bill introduced by the Hungarian government in November 2023. A broader campaign was also started to collect supportive signatures from citizens on 1 December.

In February 2022 HES signed the joint declaraion of Civilizáció to object that the Hungarian authorities' continuously pestering the Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület and the Magyarországi Evangéliumi Testvérközösség (MET). The signatory organisations stand for Oltalom and the religious community of MET and refuse the government's long-lasting offensive against them.

HES signed a joint letter of Civilizáció in February 2022 to express its respect and appreciation to the civil disobedience of Hungarian school teachers. The signatory organisations support the teachers' claims and acknowlede: strike is a fundamental right!

 

The Hungarian Europe Society signed a letter to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe issued by 20 civil groups on 13 January 2022 urging for a stricter observation of the fairness of the Hungarian parliamentary elections.