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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...

Angry People

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

Questions from Switzerland

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

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:...

Eurobarometer

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

Exchange

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

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...

Europe Through the Eyes of the Parties

"Europe of the Future - Hungary inside the Europe of the Future" was the title of the round-table discussion organised...

Two-speed Europe?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 14 March 2018 about the reform plans of the euro area. He emphasised...

Roadshow

A dozen Hungarian NGO-s, members of "Civilizáció" umbrella organization, introduced themselves in Miskolc on 7 March...

Is Central Europe Damaging EU Enlargement?

István Hegedűs was one of the experts who answered Judy Dempsey's question on Carnegie Europe's blog on 28 February...

Budget, Rule of Law, Solidarity

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 23 February...

For Free and Fair Elections

On 19 February 2018 Györgyi Kocsis gave an interview to Lánchídrádió about the initiative of the Hungarian Europe...

Discussion at the Buda Liberal Club

What are the consequences of the "unorthodox" economic policy of the last 8 years in Hungary? Are the artificially...

Against Corruption

On 7 February 2018 HES joined the initiative of Civilizáció, which aims to reduce the level of corruption in Hungary....

Strasbourg

On 29 January 2018 fourteen Hungarian civil organisations, including HES, submitted a joint appeal to the European...

Open Letter

For the initiative of the Hungarian Europe Society, civil society organisations appealed to Sólrún Gísladóttir,...

The Troublemaker

István Hegedűs was quoted in a long article published by the Financial Times about Viktor Orbán on 25 January 2018: “...

Illiberals and Refugees

István Hegedűs was one of the guest speakers at the roundtable entitled "Perspectives on Migration in the European...

Stop Civil!

On 19 January 2018 the Hungarian Europe Society protested against the bill called "Stop Soros!" at a joint press...

Summit

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the leaders of the EU member states on 14 December...

The European Parliament and the European Commission in Action

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 8 December 2017 about the public hearing in the LIBE Committee of the...

The European Experience

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

Pole and Hungarian: Two Friends

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 November 2017 following the vote of the European Parliament to...

Karolina Boiret (Uniwersytet Warszawski), Michał Czerniawski (Vrije Universitet Brussel), Aleksandra Szczerba-Zawada (Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża) and István Hegedűs (Hungarian Europe Society)

State Propaganda in the Hungarian Media

István Hegedűs participated at the policy forum entitled "Migration Crisis as a Challenge for Democracy" at the...

Populism Here, Populism There

István Hegedűs participated at the worskhop "Fragility and Resilience of Democracies in Europe. Where now for...

What About My Engagement?

On 26 October 2017 at an event in Debrecen organised by Civilizáció, a grouping of Hungarian civil organizations...

Hungary’s Future in the European Union

István Hegedűs made a presentation for students of the Institute for Political Studies of the Bergische Universität...

An Illiberal State in the Heart of Europe

As a supportive organisation, the Hungarian Europe Society signed a report on 18 October 2017 elaborated by...

NGO Consultation

Judit Bayer represented HES at a workshop organised by the Eötvös Károly Institute (EKINT) and the Budapest Goethe...

Orbán Has Not Decided, Yet

L'Espresso published an article by Stefano Giantin on 15 October 2017 about two nationalist-populist EU member...

Pressure and Solidarity

Salil Shetty, Secretary General of the Amnesty International met representatives of Hungarian NGO-s, including...

Brussels and the "Soros Plan"

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the potential reaction of the European Commission to the new national...

Weiter, Merkel!

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the German parliamentary elections on 25 September 2017...

The State of the Union

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 13 September 2017 about the speech of Jean-Claude Juncker, President...

Protest Is Going On

On 29 August 2017 HES and twenty-two other NGO-s filed a challenge with Hungary's constitutional court...

The Protest Goes On

On 12 September 2017 thirty-one Hungarian NGO-s, including HES, signed a joint declaration to draw the...

Berlin and Budapest

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 11 September 2017 about German governmental reactions to the ruling of...

The Limits of Propaganda

András Schweitzer's opinion piece was published in the Guardian "Why Viktor Orbán has a problem turning his...

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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Open Space

MACI Campaign

MACI The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.

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