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Orbán, a Former Liberal

István Hegedűs gave an interview to ANSA news agency about the political mindset of the Hungarian prime minister on 17...

Against the Wind

Kata Nagy participated at the workshop on advocacy know-how sharing organised by the Czech DEMAS (Association for...

Alliance of the European Radical Right?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the joint declaration of Eurosceptic, populist parties on 5 July...

Orbán and the European Political Culture

István Hegedűs was interviewed by the Spanish newspaper El Independiente about the European reactions to the new...

Deconstructing or Reforming the European Union?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to KlikkTV about the debates on the future of the European Union on 21 June 2021.

Why Have They Divorced?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation at the annual meeting of the Hungarian Political Science Association...

Then and Now

On 30 May 2021 the Austrian Profil interviewed István Hegedűs about the early period of Fidesz in its compilation...

What Should a New Hungarian Government Think About Europe?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation to the foreign policy expert committee of Elegy - Opposition Co-...

Trust, Strategy, Drifting, Motivations, Interests

István Hegedűs made an online presentation entitled "Never Say Never – The Break-up Between Fidesz and the European...

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Orbán's Room of Manoeuvre

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Director of Finnish Institute in Budapest in the...

Brussel Dictates!

István Hegedűs was the invited guest at the EU program of Tilos Rádió on 26 April 2021.

Taking Sides

István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 20 April 2021 about the decision of Fidesz to join the European...

No to the Changes of Borders in the Balkans!

István Hegedűs participated at the urgent online meeting of the Liberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN) on 15...

Fidesz, Russians, European People's Party, Populism

István Hegedűs was the guest of László Juszt's online program called "Private Talks" on 1 April 2021.

Everyday Populism

The "public comfort" magazine called 9, the journal of the 9th district municipality of Budapest published an article...

Free Elections in Hungary Thirty-One Years Ago

István Hegedűs participated in a discussion about the political dilemmas in the epoch of the regime-change on 25 March...

Orbán's Self-isolation in Europe

István Hegedűs was interviewed in Liberation on 3 March 2021 about the break-up between Fidesz and the European People'...

Fidesz Left the EPP Group, the EPP Group Left Fidesz

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Fidesz is leaving EPP. What does this signify?" at the press meeting of...

History Is Not Played To Goals

On 18 December 2020 István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Eurozóna program of Klubrádió on the achievements of...

Panorama Under COVID-19

The Hungarian Europe Society participated in a survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (...

What Do We Have To Know About the European Union At the End of 2020?

István Hegedűs gave a presentation on Zoom to the students of the ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology:...

Veto, Blackmail, Compromise, Concession

István Hegedűs talked about the option in Klubrádió on 9 December 2020, whether the Hungarian and the Polish...

József Szájer and Hungary in Europe

István Hegedűs was interviewed in Klubrádió on 3 December 2020 about the scandal of the Hungarian Member of the...

Restrictions, Obligations, Trust

István Hegedűs participated at the online roundtable "Human Rights in the Age of Covid" organised by Sofia (...

Everything Is Open Yet

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Spanish journal NIUS on 21 November 2020 about the chance of a Hungarian and...

Hungary and Poland in the Pull of Veto

Hegedűs István was quoted in the article published in Le Figaro "La Hongrie et la Pologne peuvent-elles se passer...

What Can the European Union Do Against Illiberal Tendencies?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation entitled "The State of the European Integration: Rule of Law and...

Rule of Law Conditionality

On 21 October 2020 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the results of a public opinion poll conducted...

Belarus, Turkey, Brexit

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the summit of the European Council on international political...

Will the Fate of Index Be the Same As of Origo?

István Hegedűs was interviewed on 28 July 2020 in an article published by aktualne.cz, Chech news portal on...

German Presidency, Economic Recovery, Rule of Law

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the online radio Hungarian BroadCaster News Station about current European...

Orbán and the Pandemic

Carnegie Europe published the piece "Coronavirus and Democratic Erosion in Hungary" by István Hegedűs in its...

Without a Break

István Hegedűs was quoted in an article on the relations between Hungary and the European Union published in...

Once Again About Hungary in the European Parliament

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the reactions of the European institutions to the Hungarian Enabling Act on 15...

Winners

The Hungarian Europe Society and its partners - as part of the 'EUritage' consortium led by WiseEuropa, a Warsaw-based...

What's Going On in Hungary?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation to the working group on Europe, Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Young...

One Percent

The group Civilizáció - the Hungarian Europe Society is its member - launched a joint campaign on 29 April 2020 asking...

A balance of the first weeks

On 23 April 2020, the European Platform for Democratic Elections published HES chairwoman Zsuzsanna Végh’s analysis on...

The Liberal South East European Network in Action

LIBSEEN held an online meeting on "Liberal responses to the challenges of Covid-19" gathering in discussion liberal...

To American Students About Hungary

István Hegedűs was an invited speaker together with Timea Kodo and András Volom at the round-table discussion of...

Pre-selected Questions, So-called Press Conferences

The answer by István Hegedűs to the question of Judy Dempsey "Is the Coronavirus Breeding Disinformation Across Europe...

No more red lines left to cross

The analysis by HES chairwoman Zsuzsanna Végh concerning the so-called empowerment law of the Hungarian government...

Facing Expulsion?

István Hegedűs gave a distance lecture for students of ELTE University entitled "Fidesz and the European People's Party...

Dangerous Weapon

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 30 March 2020 about the approval of the...

Authoritarianism

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 24 March 2020 about the Hungarian authorisation...

Appeal by Prominent Europeans Demands a Single European Answer Against the Pandemics

István Hegedűs is among the signatories who calles for an EU answer to the coronavirus threat and an EU-wide plan...

Central Europe, the EU and myself

WINNERS of the competition In 1989 our region, Central and Eastern Europe rose up. The countries of the region...

Polarisation and cleavages

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Political Implications of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary, Central Europe...

After Brexit

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the new power relations inside the European Parliament and the likely...

Shrinking Space

István Hegedűs gave a short presentation about the Hungarian political climate at the conference of Das Progressive...

About the European Union

István Hegedűs was the guest of the program called "Brussels' Dictate" in Tilos Rádió on 23 December 2019.

Second Study Visit to Brussels

Éva Számely participated at the study visit to Brussels organised by the European Commission Representation in Hungary...

No Word About the Oppression of Uyghurs

Comments by István Hegedűs was published in Il Piccolo on 2 December 2019 about the news that Hungary submits a...

One Million Supporters Are Needed

Györgyi Kocsis attended a meeting on 23 November 2019 in Budapest between representatives of Hungarian NGOs, media-...

Winds of Change in Budapest

Representing the Hungarian Europe Society, Györgyi Kocsis and Kata Nagy participated at the reception given by Budapest...

Refolution

István Hegedűs gave a presentation about the collapse of the Hungarian communist regime at the panel discussion...

Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary

Media Coverage of Labour Migration from Ukraine to V4 Countries

PERC

V4Europe

EU by Citizens Project

Visa-free Europe Coalition

Do We Have European Citizen Rights?

The Response of the Visegrad Countries to the Refugee Crisis

HES Publications

The Twenties of the Twenty-First Century: Liberal Answers to Anti-Liberal Challenges

Report and analysis by the Hungarian Europe Society

Authors: István Hegedűs, Kata Nagy, Erik Uszkiewicz

Open Space

Tyranny and Hope

The analysis of the Hungarian Europe Society on the Hungarian situation entitled "Tyranny and Hope" to the invitation of the V21 Group was published in September 2019.

Open Space

A pro-European vision for the European Union – the perspective of the Visegrad countries: Summary discussion paper of the V4Europe Project

Pro-European vision for the European Union from the perspective of the Visegrad countries: The summary discussion paper of the V4Europe project has been published in July 2018, edited by István Hegedűs, András Radnóti, Zsuzsanna Szelényi, Zsuzsanna Végh and Erik Uszkiewicz.

Open Space

From Populist, Illiberal Political Narratives to Conspiracy Theories and Fake News in the Visegrád Region and Beyond

Narrative report on the workshop entitled “From Populist, Illiberal Political Narratives to Conspiracy Theories and Fake News in the Visegrád Region and Beyond” organised by the Hungarian Europe Society on 7 June 2018 in Budapest and related activities in the “Open Space, Regional Networking,...

Open Space

Perc 3 Published!

"Where Does the PERC-index Stand? or from EU Destructivists to Federalists: the Relationship of Hungarian Parliamentary Parties towards the European Union" is the title of the third report by the research team of the Hungarian Europe Society published on 24 March, 2018.

Open Space

The European Experience

The online booklet was published in the framework of the EUbyCitizens project managed by Maison de l'Europe in Paris at the end of 2017.

Open Space

The Importance of European History

The HES – as the partner organisation of Maison de l’Europe de Paris – completed a survey in the framework of the ...

Open Space

MACI Campaign

MACI The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.