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

The Hungarian Europe Society held an international conference supported by the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die...

What is At Stake At the European Elections?

István Hegedűs was a guest speaker at the conference "We Also Make our Voice Heard" organised by the National...

The European Commission Strikes Back

On 23 April 2019 István Hegedűs talked in Klubrádió about the statement by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the...

Nostalgia

István Hegedűs was a guest speaker at the conference of the Center for European Neighborhood Studies at the Central...

Hungary and Viktor Orbán in the European Union

István Hegedűs was the guest of the program "Bánó és Bolgár" broadcast by the Budapest 13th district TV on 17 April...

Facing the European Elections

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

At the NGO Market in Prague

Kata Nagy participated at the NGO Market 2019 organised by the Forum 2000 Foundation on 10 April 2019 in Prague,...

The Last Thirty Years

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Facing the European Parliamentary Elections: Hungary and the European...

Hectic Months in Europe

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The Sate of the European Union Before Brexit and the European Elections"...

After Membership, Before Exclusion?

István Hegedűs was an invited guest at the event of the Hungarian International Press Association on 2 April 2019 where...

Evaporating Trust

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the escalated relationship between the European People's Party and...

The Party, the Political Group and the Member Organisation

István Hegedűs talked about the deteriorative position of Fidesz in the European People's Party and inside its...

What Was Missing from the News

Erik Uszkiewicz participated at a training program organised by the Ukrainian NGO Europe Without Barriers in...

Tear Resistance

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the potential decision at the political assembly of the European...

Waiting For the Decision of the European People's Party

István Hegedűs was interviewed in the article published by The Washington Post on 19 March 2019 about the conflict...

Manfred Weber and Viktor Orbán

On 18 March 2019 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the visit of the lead candidate of the European...

Europe's Abduction

István Hegedűs was a guest speaker at the event entitled "Let's Have Republic!" organised be the Eötvös Károly Policy...

The Chief Prosecutor, the State Propaganda and the Bicycle Adventure Park

The view of István Hegedűs about the Hungarian Prime Minister was quoted in the article published by the Associated...

Unacceptable Discrimination

Györgyi Kocsis gave an interview to Klubrádió on 15 March 2019 about the manifesto signed by more than hundred...

Scandal Party

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Austria Presse Agentur about the conflict between Fidesz and the European...

Orbán and the Useful Idiots

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the deepening conflict between Fidesz and the European People's...

Targets: Juncker and Timmermans

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 4 March 2019 about the billboard campaign of Fidesz and the reaction...

The Story of the Award of Bálint, the Gardener

The opinion of István Hegedűs on the Hungarian Prime Minister was quoted in the Liberation on 3 March 2019. "Orbán is...

Visegrad NGO People

Fanni Bársony participated at a study tour organised by the Polish Fundacja Edukacja dla Demokracji in Warsaw and...

Federalists in Budapest

Erik Uszkiewicz was also a speaker at the event We are Citizens' Agore organized by the Union of European Federalists...

"Such a Dance Cannot Keep For Ever"

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the discord between Viktor Orbán and the European...

Where is the Red Line?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Független Hírügynökség about the relationship between Fidesz and the...

The Loose Cannon

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the Hungarian government's propaganda campaign against Jean-Claude...

The Refugee Crisis in Hungarian and European Political Context

István Hegedűs gave a presentation to the guest students of the George Mason University at the Faculty of Social...

For the Freedom of Research

István Hegedűs' opinion was quoted in the article published in La Stampa about the attacks of the government against...

The Strongman of Europe?

István Hegedűs talked about the European role of Viktor Orbán in the Eurozóna program of Klubrádió on 1 February 2019.

Hungarian Exceptionalism?

István Hegedűs gave a presentation to the students of the Long Island University in the framework of the LIU Global...

The State of Affairs

István Hegedűs gave a video interview to the Austrian Der Standard on 20 January 2019 about the radicalisation of the...

Grief

Mihály Csákó, sociologist, member of the Hungarian Europe Society, died on 10 January 2019. We have lost not only one...

A Far-right Vision?

István Hegedűs was quoted in an article dealing with the Hungarian Prime Minister in The New Yorker on 7 January 2019....

Learn Your Rights!

On 27 December 2018 the Hungarian Europe Society joined the movement initiated by the Association of Hungarian History...

Demonstrations in Hungary and the European Union

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the demonstrations in Budapest and the European reactions on 17...

CEU, Soros, Erdoğan

István Hegedűs gave an interview to "The Newsmakers" program of the Turkish television TRT World about the attacks...

CEU's Leave from Budapest and the Dilemma of the European People's Party

On 4 December 2018 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the reactions of the actors of the European...

Bottom-up Decision-making

István Hegedűs participated at a round-table discussion of the conference entitled "New Tools of Citizens'...

The Bright Future of Liberalism

István Hegedűs gave a presentation at the conference of individual members of ALDE, the European party of liberals...

Ideologically Driven International Policy-making

István Hegedűs made a presentation in the Pensioners' Club of the Trade Union of the Employees of the Ministry of...

Nikola Gruevski in Budapest

István Hegedűs commented the former Macedon Prime Minister's political asylum seeking in Hungary who escaped from his...

What Do You Have to Know About the European Union?

Erik Uszkiewicz participated at a study visit organised by the European Commission Representation in Hungary held...

What Happened to Hungary?

István Hegedűs made a presentation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill entitled "Populism in Central...

The Hungarian Model

István Hegedűs made a public presentation at the East Carolina University entitled “Hungary’s Relations with the...

Europeans Like the European Union

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the results of the new Eurobarometer survey on 18 October 2018.

European Election Race

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 12 October 2018 discussing the chances of the European party families...

The Battle of Strasbourg

The article "Trying To Break Up. European Political Movements and the Hungarian Question" written by István Hegedűs was...

After Strasbourg

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the program "Bánó and Bolgár" of the Budapest 13th district TV on 26 September 2018...

Hungary Should Join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office!

Kinga Szurday, as an expert of European law, participated at the event entitled „Political Action After the Two-third...

What Happened in Strasbourg?

István Hegedűs's opinion was published in the periodical 168 óra on 20 September 2018 about the conseqeunces of...

After the Drama in Strasbourg

István Hegedűs made a presentation at the conference of the Central European Political Science Association at the...

Questions from Switzerland

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Swiss RTS radio on 13 September 2018 about the politics of Viktor Orbán after...

Angry People

István Hegedűs answered to Judy Dempsey's question "Is Europe Afraid of Migration?" on the blog of Carnegie...

Vote at the Plenary Session

The Hungarian Europe Society, together with other organisations united in the Hungarian "Civilizáció" group, supports...

Victory for the supporters of liberal democracy

István Hegedűs was asked about the behaviour of Viktor Orbán during the debate in the European Parliament about the...

In and Out

"The Article 7 procedure resembles rather an ethical procedure than a judicial one, by which a majority of Member...

European Solidarity

István Hegedűs participated at the conference organised by the Networking European Citizenship Education entitled „...

The Budget and the Hungarian Veto

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the debates on the multiannual financial framework of the European...

Europe in Hódmezővásárhely

By the invitation of Mayor Péter Márki-Zay and under his moderation, István Hegedűs participated at the public debate...

The European Zeitgeist

The views of István Hegedűs were quoted in the report of the Süddeutsche Zeitung about Viktor Orbán's political turns...

Judith Sargentini in Action

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 26 June 2018 about the approved rapport of the LIBE Committee of the...

Europe! Save Our Supreme Court!

On 4 June 2018 the Hungarian Europe Society signed an open letter sent to the European Commission by civil groups to...

Continuity and Change

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Hard Populism, Radicalised Political Communication, Politics of Fear:...

Exchange

On 24 May 2018 the annual meeting of the Hungarian Europe Society elected Erik Uszkiewicz as vice-chairperson following...

Eurobarometer

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 24 May 2018 about the results of the recent all-European survey....

Populism Under Scrutiny

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Hard Populism, Radicalised Political Communication, Politics of Fear...

Eleven Years After Accession

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 1 May 2018 about the relationship between the Hungarian government and...

Against the Wind

Kata Nagy participated at the Civic Engagement Forum in Warsaw hosted by the Fundacja Edukacja dla Demokracji on 23-25...

The Hungarian Example

On 24 April 2018 András Radnóti delivered a talk on migration governance in Hungary at the Mukachevo State University...

A Pig On the Streets of Brussels

The Austrian writer, Robert Menasse was asked by István Hegedűs about his book "Die Hauptstadt" published in Hungarian...

In or Out?

"There is a huge tension inside the European People's Party at the moment because of Fidesz and Viktor Orbán", claimed...

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Can Civil Society Defeat Illiberalism?

The answer by István Hegedűs to Judy Dempsey's question was published on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 12 April 2018....

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Orbán Balancing Between the European People's Party and the Radical Right

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 11 April 2018 discussing how the Hungarian Prime Minister influences...

After the Victory

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Il Fatto Quotidiano about the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 10 April...

Sweeping Fidesz Victory

The opinion of István Hegedűs was quoted in a New York Times article on 8 April 2018 about Viktor Orbán. “At each...

Orbán Ante Portas

NRC Handelsblad quoted the opinion of István Hegedűs about Viktor Orbán in its article on Hungary on 6 April 2018. “His...

Thriller in Hungary

The analysis written by István Hegedűs was published about the political calculations before the Hungarian elections in...

Open Letter to JCDecaux Hungary

The Hungarian Europe Society, together with many other civil organisations, protested against the incendiary...

What If Fidesz Has a 2/3 Majority in the Parliament?

The interview of István Hegedűs was published in Regard sur l’Est online in French and English before the...

Will Orbán Win Again?

István Hegedűs' opinion about the Hungarian parliamentary elections was asked by Pravda from Bratislava on 31 March...

The Last Thirty Years

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Eurozóna in Klubrádió on 30 March 2018 about the relations between Hungary and the...

V4Europe

The Response of the Visegrad Countries to the Refugee Crisis

EU by Citizens Project

Do We Have European Citizen Rights?

PERC

Media Pluralism Campaign

Visa-free Europe Coalition

Public Administration Reform

HES Publications

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, 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

Claim Your Rights

Open Space

István Hegedűs and Zsuzsanna Végh: Illiberal Democracies: What can the European Union do in case a member state regularly and systematically breaches European values and regulations?

István Hegedűs and Zsuzsanna Végh: Illiberal Democracies: What can the European Union do in case a member state regularly and systematically breaches European values and regulations?".

Open Space

Petra Bárd: The Rule of Law and Terrorism

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MACI Campaign

MACI The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.

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