István Hegedűs participated at the intergenerational roundtable discussion entitled "We are Europe" organised by the City Government of Szentendre together with the Cultural Centre of Szentendre on the twentieth anniversary of Hungary's accession to the European Union at the Postás Beach on 1 May 2024.
István Hegedűs participated at the roundtable discussion organised by the Political Science Department at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Szeged on 18 April 2024.
István Hegedűs was asked by the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik about the debut of Péter Magyar and the state of affairs in Hungary on 28 March 2024.
István Hegedűs participated together with Petra Bárd and Péter Ákos Bod under the moderation of Dóra Ónody-Molnár in an episode of the podcast series "On Western Track", entitled "What has the European Union given us?", recorded on 25 March 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.
On 2 February 2024 the opinion of István Hegedűs was quoted by Suomen Kuvalehti about the performance of the Hungarian prime minister at the European Council.
István Hegedűs participated as a Fidesz expert at the seminar „Liberalism vs. Populism: How can liberals win? Down the Rabbit Hole: Populist Case Studies” at the seat of the Theodor-Heuss-Akademie in Gummersbach on 25-26 January 2024.
István Hegedűs was interviewed in Suomen Kuvalehti on 20 December 2023 about Viktor Orbán's behaviour at the meeting of the European Council.
István Hegedűs was quoted in Le Soir on 13 December 2023 about the politics of the Hungarian Prime Minister in the European Union.
István Hegedűs was quoted in the Bulgarian newspaper Kapital about the European party political plans of Viktor Orbán on 24 November 2023.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Hungary in the European Union" at the Budapest City Diplomacy Academy at the Budapest City Hall on 11 November 2023.
István Hegedűs was the guest of János Széky in Tilos Rádió on 9 October 2023.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation to the students participating at the course “Political and social transformation of Hungary” at ELTE University, Faculty of Social Sciences, on 5 October 2023.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "War and Peace: Populist and Radical Political Communication Spread by Fidesz and Its Loyal Media in Hungary" at the annual conference of the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA) entitled "War and Democracy: Central European Dem
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the career of the Hungarian Prime Minister on 31 May 2023.
An interview with István Hegedűs was published in Magyar Hang about the early years of Fidesz on 30 May 2023.
István Hegedűs was cited in Le Monde on Viktor Orbán's early agnosticism on 29 April 2023.
István Hegedűs participated at the panel discussion organised by JEF Hungary and Time for a European Federation on the actuality of the book written by Yannis Karamitsios entitled "Time for a European Federation" in Magnet House, Budapest on 28 November 2022.
On 26 November 2022 Klubrádió broadcasted on the international conference "The Future of Democracy and the Summit for Democracy from the Perspective of a Hungarian NGO", organised by the Hungarian Europe Society.
István Hegedűs was quoted in the German Tageszeitung on 19 September 2022 about the recent lawmaking process by the Hungarian government, which is supposed to meet the rule of law conditions requested by the European Commission.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The Future of Authoritarian Populism in Hungary and Beyond after the Hungarian Elections and the Russian Attack against Ukraine" at the conference of the Central European Political Association entitled “Democracy after coronavirus: facing new political reality” at the Congress Centre in Bled on 2 June 2022.
István Hegedűs was one of the guests in the radio program "Beszóló" led by Dóra Ónody-Molnár in Spirit FM on 17 May 2022.
István Hegedűs analysed the political situation after the Hungarian parliamentary elections in Ida Politika podcast on 8 April 2022.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Latvian public TV about Vikor Orbán's campaign rhetoric before the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 2 and 3 April 2022.
The evaluation by István Hegedűs before the Hungarian parliamentary elections was posted by Das Progressive Zentrum on 2 April 2022.
The analysis by István Hegedűs entitled "The Hungarian elections: What is the current situation and what can we expect?" was published as a European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) publication on 1 April 2022.
István Hegedűs was quoted in Foreign Policy on 31 March 2022 on the Hungarian elections saying among others that "Marki-Zay is a good speaker, but he did make some mistakes, and I think there is a lack of a strong team and expertise behind him".
Donald Macintyre cited the opinion of István Hegedűs on the wire-dance of Viktor Orbán's foreign policy before the Hungarian parliamentary elections in the New European on 31 March 2022.
István Hegedűs participated at the online discussion about the Hungarian parliamentary elections together with Ádám Kerpel-Fronius, a leader of Momentum Germany and Daniel Freund, Member of the European Parliament to the invitation of the international working groups of the Greens in Brandenburg on 29 March 2022.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation at a working breakfast to the invitation of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in restaurant Habel am Reichstag in Berlin on 24 March 2022 about the forthcoming Hungarian parliamentary elections.
On 20 March 2022 the Bulgarian Dnevnik published an article on the forthcoming Hungarian parliamentary elections citing the assessment by István Hegedűs.
István Hegedűs participated at the roundtable discussion following the launch of the video entitled "A European Success Story?" at the European Centre for Solidarity in Gdańsk.
Watch the discussion HERE.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to ANSA news agency about the political mindset of the Hungarian prime minister on 17 August 2021.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the joint declaration of Eurosceptic, populist parties on 5 July 2021.
István Hegedűs gave an online presentation to the foreign policy expert committee of Elegy - Opposition Co-operation on 25 May 2021.
István Hegedűs made an online presentation entitled "Never Say Never – The Break-up Between Fidesz and the European People’s Party and Its Impact on the European Party System" at the conference entitled "Current Populism in Europe: What Has Changed Since the Start of the Pandemic?" organised by the Charles University in Prague, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and the Goethe Institute on 19 May 2021.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Director of Finnish Institute in Budapest in the podcast series of FinnAgora about the relationship between Hungary and the European Union on 5 May 2021.
István Hegedűs was the invited guest at the EU program of Tilos Rádió on 26 April 2021.
István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 20 April 2021 about the decision of Fidesz to join the European Conservatives Group & Democratic Alliance in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
István Hegedűs participated at the urgent online meeting of the Liberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN) on 15 April 2021. The liberal organisations of the region condemned the dangerous, war-provoking proposals of the "non-paper" that was leaked in Slovenia.
István Hegedűs was the guest of László Juszt's online program called "Private Talks" on 1 April 2021.
The "public comfort" magazine called 9, the journal of the 9th district municipality of Budapest published an article by István Hegedűs (see page 14) in March 2021.
István Hegedűs participated in a discussion about the political dilemmas in the epoch of the regime-change on 25 March 2021.
István Hegedűs was interviewed in Liberation on 3 March 2021 about the break-up between Fidesz and the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Fidesz is leaving EPP. What does this signify?" at the press meeting of the Hungarian International Press Association on Skype on 4 March 2021.
On 18 December 2020 István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Eurozóna program of Klubrádió on the achievements of the EU summit, especially about the agreement on the rule of law conditionality mechanism.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation on Zoom to the students of the ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology: University of the Third Age entitled "Our Place in the European Union" on 9 December 2020.
István Hegedűs talked about the option in Klubrádió on 9 December 2020, whether the Hungarian and the Polish governments would step back from their threat of using veto at the meeting of the European Council following the negotiations on the rule of law conditionality mechanism.
István Hegedűs was interviewed in Klubrádió on 3 December 2020 about the scandal of the Hungarian Member of the European Parliament.
István Hegedűs participated at the online roundtable "Human Rights in the Age of Covid" organised by Sofia (Society For International Affairs) -Trinity College Dublin on 26 November 2020.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Spanish journal NIUS on 21 November 2020 about the chance of a Hungarian and Polish veto in the case of the Multiannual Financial Framework and the NextGenerationEU package.
Hegedűs István was quoted in the article published in Le Figaro "La Hongrie et la Pologne peuvent-elles se passer du plan de relance européen?" on 19 November 2020.
István Hegedűs gave an online presentation entitled "The State of the European Integration: Rule of Law and Conditionality" at the Budapest City Diplomacy Academy on 14 November 2020.
On 21 October 2020 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the results of a public opinion poll conducted by the European Parliament.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the summit of the European Council on international political affairs in Brussels on 3 October 2020.
István Hegedűs was interviewed on 28 July 2020 in an article published by aktualne.cz, Chech news portal on the latest pressure used by the Hungarian government on the independence of the biggest Hungarian online newspaper.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the online radio Hungarian BroadCaster News Station about current European Union political issues on 3 July 2020.
Carnegie Europe published the piece "Coronavirus and Democratic Erosion in Hungary" by István Hegedűs in its collection of essays entitled "How the Coronavirus Tests European Democracy" edited by Richard Youngs on 23 June 2020.
István Hegedűs was quoted in an article on the relations between Hungary and the European Union published in Neue Zürcher Zeitung on 22 May 2020.
István Hegedűs gave an interview about the reactions of the European institutions to the Hungarian Enabling Act on 15 May 2020.
István Hegedűs gave an online presentation to the working group on Europe, Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Young Liberals in Baden-Württemberg on 29 April 2020.
István Hegedűs was an invited speaker together with Timea Kodo and András Volom at the round-table discussion of the Long Island University Global Europe Seminar on 19 April 2020.
The answer by István Hegedűs to the question of Judy Dempsey "Is the Coronavirus Breeding Disinformation Across Europe?" was published on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 9 April 2020.
István Hegedűs gave a distance lecture for students of ELTE University entitled "Fidesz and the European People's Party" on 1 April 2020.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 30 March 2020 about the approval of the authorisation law in Hungary. It gives extraordinary competences to the government without time limit despite the protest of the opposition.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 24 March 2020 about the Hungarian authorisation bill.
István Hegedűs is among the signatories who calles for an EU answer to the coronavirus threat and an EU-wide plan to re-start the European economy afterwards in a joint declaration published by EUractiv on 15 March 2020.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Political Implications of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary, Central Europe and the European Union" for students of the Central European University in Budapest on 7 February 2020.
István Hegedűs gave an interview about the new power relations inside the European Parliament and the likely postponement of the suspension of Fidesz' membership in the European People's Party on 30 January 2020.
István Hegedűs gave a short presentation about the Hungarian political climate at the conference of Das Progressive Zentrum entitled "Open Spaces! How Tech Can Empower Civil Society" on 13 January 2020 in Futurium in Berlin.
István Hegedűs was the guest of the program called "Brussels' Dictate" in Tilos Rádió on 23 December 2019.
Comments by István Hegedűs was published in Il Piccolo on 2 December 2019 about the news that Hungary submits a proposal to the United Nations concerning an international day of remembrance for the victims of communist dictatorships.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation about the collapse of the Hungarian communist regime at the panel discussion entitled "1989 Reminisces from Central Europe" to the invitation of the Center for European Studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville on 8 November 2019.
István Hegedűs participated at the meeting of LIBSEEN (Liberal South East European Network) held at the ALDE (The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Congress in Athens on 25 October 2019. Representatives of the member organisations re-elected President Roman Jakič and approved a resolution urging the start of the EU accession talks with North Macedonia.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The EU at a turn: les enfant terribles, populism, and the question of a vision for EUrope" for the students of Deree - The American College of Greece in Athens on 24 October 2019.
István Hegedűs participated at the conference "Recovering the Promise of 1989“ organised by Forum 2000 in Prague in Žofín Palace on 13-15 October 2019.
The opinion of István Hegedűs on the local elections in Hungary was quoted in Hospodářské noviny on 15 October 2019.
On 11 October 2019 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the study entitled Tyranny and Hope published by the Hungarian Europe Society.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Transition to Democracy: Still the Years of Miracle - What Happened to the Regime-change in Hungary?" at the conference "1989's Contested Legacies - The Challenges of the Ideological, Institutional and (Geo)political Heritage".
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 20 September 2019 about the study entitled "Tyranny and Hope" published by the Hungarian Europe Society.
István Hegedűs participated at a workshop entitled "European Hub for Civic Engagement" organised by Das Progressive Zentrum on 16-17 September 2019 in Lisbon. The objective of the event was to start a project of a pan-European platform for civil society and Civic-Tech.
István Hegedűs was one of the speakers among Péter Balázs, Miklós Németh, Géza Jeszenszky and Iván Pető at the event entitled "Opening the Boarders, Changing the Regime - Political Memories and Realities" organised by the István Bibó Public Society on 10 September 2019 at Haris Park.
István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 16 July 2019 about the chances of Ursula von der Leyen, President-candidate to the European Commission before the plenary debate in the European Parliament.
Hegedűs Istvánt idézte a finn Suomen Kuvalehti című magazin a magyarországi politikai helyzetről 2019. július 12-én. "Az emberek megfontolják, hogy kritizálhatják-e a kormányt - különösen a kormány által ellenőrzött munkahelyeken", mondta Hegedűs.
István Hegedűs was one of the guests beside István Elek, Ferenc Kőszeg and Klára Ungár at the event of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee entitled "1989 - Kilometer Zero" in Magvető Café on 24 June 2019.
István Hegedűs participated at the annual Chatham House London Conference entitled "A Rules-Based International Order: Preservation and Modernization" on 13-14 June 2019 at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to hvg.hu on 12 June 2019 about the reburial of Imre Nagy and his fellow martyrs and the speech held by Viktor Orbán.
István Hegedűs participated at the workshop entitled "The Europe We Want" on 11–12 June 2019 organised by the Permanent Representation of North Rhine-Westphalia to the German Federation in Berlin in cooperation with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Berlin.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 28 May 2019 about the European elections.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Hungarian Exceptionalism or the Orbanisation of Europe?" at the conference "Current Populism in Europe: What's Next?" organised by the Institute for International Studies Charles University in Prague together with Heinrich Böll Stiftung at the Goethe Institut in Prague on 28 May 2019.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the "Europa Minha" programme of the Portuguese RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal on the occasion of the international conference entitled "European Elections 2019 - Renewing the Political Agenda for a United Europe" on 18 May 2019.
István Hegedűs was a guest speaker at the conference "We Also Make our Voice Heard" organised by the National Representation of Pensioners and the foundation of the Trade Union KKDSZ in OKISZ Incubator House on 25 April 2019.
On 23 April 2019 István Hegedűs talked in Klubrádió about the statement by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission that he wants to fight personally against fake news and disinformation campaigns.
István Hegedűs was the guest of the program "Bánó és Bolgár" broadcast by the Budapest 13th district TV on 17 April 2019.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Facing the European Parliamentary Elections: Hungary and the European Union" at the Faculty of Social Sciences at ELTE University on 10 April 2019.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The Sate of the European Union Before Brexit and the European Elections" for the Scientific Student Circle on Human Rights, Law and Social Theory at the University of Pécs on 3 April 2019.
István Hegedűs was an invited guest at the event of the Hungarian International Press Association on 2 April 2019 where he spoke about the suspension of the membership of Fidesz in the European People's Party.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the escalated relationship between the European People's Party and Fidesz on 1 April 2019.
István Hegedűs talked about the deteriorative position of Fidesz in the European People's Party and inside its political group in the European Parliament on 28 March 2019 in Klubrádió.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the potential decision at the political assembly of the European People's Party on the membership of Fidesz on 20 March 2019.
István Hegedűs was interviewed in the article published by The Washington Post on 19 March 2019 about the conflict between Fidesz and its European party family. In case his party will be expelled, Orbán “will become more radical. He will feel that there are no more constraints,” said Hegedűs.
On 18 March 2019 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the visit of the lead candidate of the European People's Party to Budapest and the apology of the Hungarian Prime Minister. (From 13:30 to 14:00 in Kontingens, HU)
The view of István Hegedűs about the Hungarian Prime Minister was quoted in the article published by the Associated Press on government corruption on 17 March 2019. According to Hegedűs Orbán "is a politician who thinks in revolutionary terms ... and he may even try to risk leaving the EU,” although Hungarians in general overwhelmingly favor EU membership. “He will have to think over a thousand times whether he’ll give up these EU subsidies.”
István Hegedűs was a guest speaker at the event entitled "Let's Have Republic!" organised be the Eötvös Károly Policy Institute on 17 March 2019 in the Miklós Radnóti Education Centre.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Austria Presse Agentur about the conflict between Fidesz and the European People's Party on 5 March 2019.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 4 March 2019 about the billboard campaign of Fidesz and the reaction of the European People's Party.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the deepening conflict between Fidesz and the European People's Party on 4 March 2019.
The opinion of István Hegedűs on the Hungarian Prime Minister was quoted in the Liberation on 3 March 2019. "Orbán is not only a pragmatist who uses populism to keep power. He wants to build a new society against his enemies", Hegedűs argued.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the discord between Viktor Orbán and the European People's Party on 22 February 2019.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Független Hírügynökség about the relationship between Fidesz and the European People's Party on 20 February 2019.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the Hungarian government's propaganda campaign against Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission on 20 February 2019.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation to the guest students of the George Mason University at the Faculty of Social Sciences of ELTE University, Budapest on 18 February 2019.
István Hegedűs' opinion was quoted in the article published in La Stampa about the attacks of the government against the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 14 February 2019.
István Hegedűs talked about the European role of Viktor Orbán in the Eurozóna program of Klubrádió on 1 February 2019.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation to the students of the Long Island University in the framework of the LIU Global Program at the Central European University, Budapest, on 22 January 2019.
István Hegedűs gave a video interview to the Austrian Der Standard on 20 January 2019 about the radicalisation of the demonstrations in Hungary, Viktor Orbán's regime and the chances of the opposition.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the demonstrations in Budapest and the European reactions on 17 December 2018.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to "The Newsmakers" program of the Turkish television TRT World about the attacks against the Central European University and its Founder on 12 December 2018. According to him, Orbán, Erdoğan and Putin use a joint rhetoric - with regional and national differences.
On 4 December 2018 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the reactions of the actors of the European political sphere to the news on the forced move of the Central European University to Vienna.
István Hegedűs participated at a round-table discussion of the conference entitled "New Tools of Citizens' Participation in the European Union" organised by DemNet in Kazimir Bisztró, Budapest, on 3 December 2018.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation at the conference of individual members of ALDE, the European party of liberals entitled "What we can learn from the past and what can we take for the future, what went wrong in Visegrad, what we can do better?" in Visegrád on 2 December 2018.
István Hegedűs made a presentation in the Pensioners' Club of the Trade Union of the Employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs entitled "Hungary and the Political Situation in Europe" on 29 November 2018.
István Hegedűs commented the former Macedon Prime Minister's political asylum seeking in Hungary who escaped from his prison sentence and the assistance of the Hungarian government in The New York Times on 15 November 2018. Hegedűs claimed that the support of Viktor Orbán, “this sort of dance between east and west, between dictators and Brussels, it cannot work forever”. “As a leader, you are forced to make decisions”, he added.
István Hegedűs made a presentation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill entitled "Populism in Central Europe and Beyond: The Hungarian Case" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on 26 October 2018.
István Hegedűs made a public presentation at the East Carolina University entitled “Hungary’s Relations with the European Union: An Anti-Liberal Experiment” in Greenville, North Carolina on 23 October 2018.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the results of the new Eurobarometer survey on 18 October 2018.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 12 October 2018 discussing the chances of the European party families to give the next President of the European Commission. According to Hegedűs the European elections and the competition of the Spitzenkandidaten might change the European position of Fidesz as well.
The article "Trying To Break Up. European Political Movements and the Hungarian Question" written by István Hegedűs was published in Élet és Irodalom on 5 October 2018.
István Hegedűs's opinion was published in the periodical 168 óra on 20 September 2018 about the conseqeunces of the Sargentini report. "Triggering Article 7 is a political cause that permanently mobilises the populists as well the forces against them in Europe", claimed Hegedűs.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the debates on the multiannual financial framework of the European Union on 28 August 2018.
The views of István Hegedűs were quoted in the report of the Süddeutsche Zeitung about Viktor Orbán's political turns on 15 July 2018. Hegedűs remembers above all Orbán's will to power driven by a mix of pragmatism and mission, the chairman of the Hungarian Europe Society claimed among others.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 26 June 2018 about the approved rapport of the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament. The rapport suggests to trigger the procedure against Hungary according to the Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union.
István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Hard Populism, Radicalised Political Communication, Politics of Fear: Towards a New Phase of the Orbán-regime?" at the Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference - CEECOM 2018 in the Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra in Szeged on 31 May 2018.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 24 May 2018 about the results of the recent all-European survey.
István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Hard Populism, Radicalised Political Communication, Politics of Fear: Towards a New Phase of the Orbán Regime?" at the conference "Current Populism in Europe: Culture, History, Identity" at the Goethe Institute in Prague on 21 May 2018.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 1 May 2018 about the relationship between the Hungarian government and the European Union focusing on the conflictuel links between Fidesz and the European People's Party.
The Austrian writer, Robert Menasse was asked by István Hegedűs about his book "Die Hauptstadt" published in Hungarian by Geopen and the historic significance of the European Union at the International Book Festival Budapest on 21 April 2018.
"There is a huge tension inside the European People's Party at the moment because of Fidesz and Viktor Orbán", claimed István Hegedűs in an interview to Zoom.hu on 13 April 2018, adding: "It happened not accidentally that after the elections on Sunday the mood was not at all victorious at the first meeting of the political group".
The answer by István Hegedűs to Judy Dempsey's question was published on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 12 April 2018. He argued that "civil romanticism in itself will not be enough to save the rest of democratic institutions and the rule of law. Even in the long run, only a resolute cooperation between civil groups and partisan forces, at both national and European levels, can challenge and—one day—defeat Hungarian antiliberalism."
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 11 April 2018 discussing how the Hungarian Prime Minister influences the politics of the European Union.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Il Fatto Quotidiano about the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 10 April 2018. He argued that Viktor Orbán might change the constitution again based on its two-third majority and might introduce a presidential system.
The opinion of István Hegedűs was quoted in a New York Times article on 8 April 2018 about Viktor Orbán. “At each step on this path, the European politicians have proven ineffective,” Mr. Hegedus said. “I think the mistake they made was they viewed him as an enfant terrible, but someone they could deal with. They convinced themselves that we know this man and that there is really nothing at stake.”
NRC Handelsblad quoted the opinion of István Hegedűs about Viktor Orbán in its article on Hungary on 6 April 2018. “His instinct is to always keep on fighting. I’m afraid that he can not stop himself anymore”, proclaimed Hegedűs.
The analysis written by István Hegedűs was published about the political calculations before the Hungarian elections in El Pais on 5 April 2018 in Spanish. The article was placed on the website of the Networking European Citizenship Education program in English the day before.
István Hegedűs' opinion about the Hungarian parliamentary elections was asked by Pravda from Bratislava on 31 March 2018 and was also published in a longer blog post by Andrej Matisak in English two days before.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Eurozóna in Klubrádió on 30 March 2018 about the relations between Hungary and the European Union from the regime-change to our recent times. He emphasised that the conflict between the illiberal Orbán-regime and the European democratic political elites was unavoidable.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 14 March 2018 about the reform plans of the euro area. He emphasised that the forthcoming joint German-French proposal would not create a division of the European Union to Eastern and Western member states.
István Hegedűs was one of the experts who answered Judy Dempsey's question on Carnegie Europe's blog on 28 February 2018. He claimed: "It is understandable that there is a fear in the air of an even deeper East-West divide in Europe after any further enlargement. Still, the solution should not be to exclude applicants who fulfill the necessary criteria.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 23 February 2018.
István Hegedűs was quoted in a long article published by the Financial Times about Viktor Orbán on 25 January 2018: “Opposition parties or new political forces will break through at some point”, adding: “The war is not lost. All such people die or disappear at some point. The problem is we don’t know how long it will take.”
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the leaders of the EU member states on 14 December 2017. He added that Donald Tusk, President of the European Council urged an open dialogue regarding the European refugee policy.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 8 December 2017 about the public hearing in the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament on the situation in Hungary and the decisions of the European Commission to refer Hungary to the European Court of Justice over three infringement cases.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 November 2017 following the vote of the European Parliament to launch the first phase of the procedure Article 7 of the EU treaty against the Polish government, pointing out that the Hungarian ruling party voted oppositely to its own political group.
István Hegedűs participated at the policy forum entitled "Migration Crisis as a Challenge for Democracy" at the University of Warsaw on 14 November 2017. Hegedűs pointed out that the Hungarian public media continuously broadcast anti-refugee campaigns based on fearmongering.
István Hegedűs participated at the worskhop "Fragility and Resilience of Democracies in Europe. Where now for Citizenship Education and Civil Societies“ organised by NECE (Networking European Citizenship Education) in Gdansk on 12-13 November 2017. Analysing the political situation in Poland and Hungary, Hegedűs emphasised the all-European dimensions of the authoritarian turn in both countries.
István Hegedűs made a presentation for students of the Institute for Political Studies of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal at the Andrássy University in Budapest on 25 October 2017.
L'Espresso published an article by Stefano Giantin on 15 October 2017 about two nationalist-populist EU member states; Hungary and Poland. The author also asked István Hegedűs about the possible next steps of the Hungarian Prime Minister in the European political arena.
Salil Shetty, Secretary General of the Amnesty International met representatives of Hungarian NGO-s, including István Hegedűs, at L'Office on 12 October 2017.
István Hegedűs gave an interview about the potential reaction of the European Commission to the new national consultation initiated by the Hungarian government on 4 October 2017. The Commission might unmask the charges, but it can hardly reach the majority of the Hungarian citizens according to Hegedűs.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the German parliamentary elections on 25 September 2017 (4:55 pm). He emphasised that in spite of the good results of the Alternative für Deutschland party, the political agenda should not be dictated by the extreme right.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 13 September 2017 about the speech of Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission held in Strasbourg in the European Parliament, emphasising that the Commission took the lead in the efforts to reform the European Union.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 11 September 2017 about German governmental reactions to the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the refugee quotas. The Visegrad co-operation on nationalistic basis so far is over, he claimed.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 6 September 2017 about the ruling of the European Court of Justice against the Hungarian government on the mandatory relocation scheme for asylum seekers.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Hír TV about the trial on the so-called refugee quotas that was lost by the Hungarian government on 6 September 2017.
István Hegedűs' view was quoted in Il Piccolo on 2 September 2017 about the fresh request of the Hungarian government to the European Commission to contribute to the costs of the fence erected at the Hungarian border. It would be nonsense, he argued, adding that the construction did not stop refugees, but forced them towards other directions in 2015.
István Hegedűs held a lecture entitled "Will Hungary Leave the European Union?" at the Faculty of Social Sciences of ELTE University on 9 March 2016.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 5 January 2015 about the European Commission's move to deal with the negative political development in Poland.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Agence France-Presse about the influence of Viktor Orbán's politics on Europe: his views were cited by both Global Post and Libération on 18 December 2015.
István Hegedűs gave an interview on 4 December 2015 about a new poll directed by the European Parliament and about an annual political ranking led by Viktor Orbán, which was issued by the journal Politico.
Hegedűs István nyilatkozott a Klubrádiónak 2015. december 4-én egy friss európai parlamenti közvélemény-kutatásról, illetve a Politico című lap éves politikai rangsoráról, amit Orbán Viktor vezet.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió on 30 November 2015 about the start of collecting signatures for the use of Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against Hungary.
István Hegedűs participated at the meeting between Guy Verhofstadt and Sophie in 't Veld, ALDE Group Leaders in the European Parliament with Hungarian liberals and NGO representatives in Budapest on 20 November 2015.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the European refugee policy on 16 November 2015.
István Hegedűs participated at the consultations „Have your say in safeguarding civic space” organised by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), Article 19 and the Amnesty International UK on 3 November 2015 in London.
On 14 October 2015 István Hegedűs made a presentation to members of Együtt who participated at a study tour in Brussels.
István Hegedűs took part as an invited expert at the seminar of the Heinrich Böll Foundation entitled "How to Counter Right-Wing Populism and Extremism in Europe?" on 13 October 2015 in Brussels.
In Bilbao István Hegedűs analysed the political stance of the Hungarian government in the European migration crisis in the newspaper DEIA on 29 September 2015.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 25 September 2015 about the hard critical remarks by European politicians on the Hungarian Prime Minister.
István Hegedűs discussed the decision-making system of the European Union and the behaviour of the Hungarian government in the refugee crisis in ATV's Friderikusz program on 22 September 2015.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 7 September 2015 about the political judgement on Viktor Orbán in Europe.
On 19 August 2015, in Klubrádió, István Hegedűs talked about the British Prime Minister's European tour where he intends to present his cabinet's reform ideas.
István Hegedűs elaborated his views in an interview to Klubrádió on 29 July 2015 whether Hungarian politicians were allowed to access the European institutions criticising the Hungarian government.
István Hegedűs gave a short interview to Klubrádió on 22 July 2015 about the decision of the Hungarian government during the negotiations of the EU member states not accepting any migrants to the country.
István Hegedűs participated at the roundtable conference organised by the Transatlantic Renewal Project on 9-10 July 2010 at Hotel Gellért, Budapest
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István Hegedűs gave an interview to ANSA news agency about the anti-immigrant campaign of the Hungarian government on 15 June 2015.
István Hegedűs was interviewed in Klubrádió on 10 June 2015 about the publication in the Guardian by Emmanuel Macron és Sigmar Gabriel, French and German politicians, who argued in favour of a radical integration of the eurozone member states.
The view of István Hegedűs about the latest Hungarian political development was cited in Politico Europe on 25 May 2015.
István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "How to call you: the Orbán-regime" at the conference "Current Populism in Europe" which was held in the Goethe Institute in Prague on 19 May 2015.
István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 30 April 2015 about the latest critical remarks to the statements of Viktor Orbán.
The Hungarian Europe Society organised a workshop entitled "Illiberal democracies – what can the European Union do in case a member state regularly and systematically breaches European values and regulations?" on 24 April 2015 in Hotel Marmara, Budapest.
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The opinion of István Hegedűs was cited about the political situation in Hungary in an article published in Monitor Global Outlook on 21 April 2015.
István Hegedűs talked about the economic strong man of Fidesz in an article published in Vasárnapi Hírek on 15 February 2015.
István Hegedűs gave two interviews in Klubrádió on 9 February 2015 about the open conflict which emerged between the Hungarian Prime Minister and the Hungarian oligarch, his former close friend.
Pravda, the Slovak newspaper asked for the views of István Hegedűs on 9 February about the conflict between the Hungarian Prime Minister and the billionaire entrepreneur.
On 30 January 2015 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the visit of the German Chancellor in Hungary.
István Hegedűs participated at the preparatory meeting of the common project "Citizen-rights Europe" organised by European Alternatives on 19-20 January 2015 in Rome.
István Hegedűs was asked in Klubrádió on 6 January 2015 whether there is a real risk of a foreign attack against Hungary.
“It’s now very well known in the international media that we’re on a very dangerous track toward a more and more authoritarian regime,” said István Hegedűs as quoted by Andrew MacDowall in his article "Illiberal Democracy: How Hungary’s Orban Is Testing Europe" published in World Politics Review on 18 December 2014. Hegedűs added: “The terms used by McCain were not perfect, but show how the U.S.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 December 2014 about the report on Hungary issued by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
Hegedűs István előadást tartott az Orbán-kormány médiapolitikájáról "Media freedom, public sphere, political communication: Hungarian exceptionalism?” címmel a “25 Years After: The Challenges of Building Post-Communist Media and Communication Industries” című konferencián 2014. november 21-én Prágában a New York Egyetemen. A rendezvényt a Transitions és a Keynote szervezte.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation about the media policy of the Orbán-Government entitled "Media freedom, public sphere, political communication: Hungarian exceptionalism?” at the conference “25 Years After: The Challenges of Building Post-Communist Media and Communication Industries” organised by Transitions and Keynote in Prague at the New York University on 21 November 2014.
On 14 November 2014, in Hír TV, István Hegedűs reacted to an interview by Udo Ulfkotte which was broadcast two days before. According to his own words, the former journalist of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung became an agent of the secret services during his study tour to the United States in 1993 as a fellow of the German Marshall Fund.
Two Elections In Hungary - EU News In the Campaigns (2014) was the title of the roundtable discussion which was held with the participation of István Hegedűs and was organised by the Media Standard Monitor and the Prospect Műhely Alapítvány in the House of the European Union in Budapest on 16 October 2014.
On 16 October 2014, the weekly "168 Óra" published the opinion of István Hegedűs about the hearing of the Hungarian commissioner-designate in the European Parliament.
István Hegedűs talked about the hearings of the commissioner candidates in the European Parliament in Klubrádió on 9 October 2014.
On 3 October 2014, István Hegedűs talked about the hearing of the Hungarian candidate commissioner in the European Parliament.
On 22 September 2014, István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the hearing of the Hungarian commissioner candidate in the cultural committee of the European Parliament.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the online journal Origo on 10 September 2014 about the tasks of commissioner-candidate Tibor Navracsics in the new European Commission.
A post on David Cameron and Viktor Orbán by István Hegedűs was published at the online forum of The European Circle run by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Das Progressive Zentrum on 26 August 2014.
István Hegedűs talked about the international criticism of the Hungarian government in ATV on 21 August 2014.
On 19 August 2014, in Klubrádió, István Hegedűs talked about the opening of the borders between Austria and Hungary and the escape of refugees from the GDR to the West twenty-five years ago.
On 7 August 2014, the weekly 168 óra published an interview with István Hegedűs about Viktor Orbán's speech made at Băile Tușnad, Romania.
In her article published on 2 August 2014 in the Bulgarian daily Capital, Marina Staneva asked the opinion of István Hegedűs about the speech of Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister held at Băile Tușnad, Romania.
István Hegedűs' article entitled "Frontharcok" was published in Magyar Narancs on 29 May 2014.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to ATV about the consequences of the European Parliament elections on 27 May 2014.
The interview of István Hegedűs entitled "Fidesz has more critics than friends in European Peoples Party" was published in the Budapest Beacon on 23 May 2014.
István Hegedűs was a participant at the experts' roundtable discussion of the conference "The Stake of the European Parliament Elections in 2014" organised by the Republikon Institute in Mozsár Café on 20 May 2014.
István Hegedűs and Györgyi Kocsis gave presentations at the conference of the Institute of Political History entitled "Hungary and the European Union" on 16 May 2014.
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István Hegedűs talked about the outgoing and the forthcoming European Parliament in Klubrádió on 17 April 2014.
An interview with István Hegedűs about the Hungarian regime-change and the ideological shift of Fidesz entitled "I was forgotten to be hanged" was published in the 17-23 April 2014 issue of the weekly Figyelő.
István Hegedűs, together with former Hungarian foreign minister Péter Balázs, was a guest in the radio program "Wednesday 11" of the weekly 168 óra on 16 April 2014.
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The views of István Hegedűs on the Hungarian parliamentary elections were published by World Politics Review on 10 April 2014.
On 4 April, István Hegedűs's opinion was quoted by the Monitor Global Outlook about the possible consequences of the Hungarian parliamentary elections.
István Hegedűs's views were cited on Viktor Orbán's European policy in an article published in Népszabadság on 13 March 2014.
The views of István Hegedűs were quoted in a piece by Stefano Giantin in Il Piccolo on 14 February 2014 about the potential outcome of the Hungarian parliamentary elections.
On 11 February 2014, in Bratislava, the Selection Committee of the Danube Region established by the German Marshall Fund made interviews with the best Austrian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak and Slovenian candidates nominated for a US study tour. István Hegedűs is a member of the committee. Enikő Pap was also present as one of the organisers of the event.
István Hegedűs was quoted in Monitor Global Outlook, a premium supplement of Christian Science Monitor in an article entitled "$13.5 billion nuclear deal tilts Hungary toward Russia" on 5 February 2014.
István Hegedűs argued in favour of the introduction of the single European currency in Hungary in Klubrádió on 26 November 2013.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió during the lunch break of the conference on media pluralism organised by HES on 27 September 2013.
István Hegedűs talked about the forthcoming conference of HES and analysed European political issues in Klubrádió on 25 September 2013.
István Hegedűs talked about the Hungarian political polarisation in ATV on 21 August 2013.
The contribution by István Hegedűs entitled "Maffiaállam és párt" was published in Élet és Irodalom on 8 August 2013.
István Hegedűs was the guest of ATV morning program on 17 July 2013. (in Hungarian)
On 26 June 2013 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the resolution taken by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the day before. According to the decision, the assembly will closely follow the situation in Hungary.
On 14 June 2013 Hungarian NGO-s completed their opinion on the recommendations of the High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism (Frieberga Committee) as part of a public consultation initiated by the European Commission. HES was represented by Judit Bayer and István Hegedűs at the meetings of the civil organisations.
István Hegedűs participated at the workshop entitled A Future Agenda for Eastern and Central Europe organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Das Progressive Zentrum in Berlin on 10 June 2013.
Hegedűs István participated at the Ralf Dahrendorf roundtable discussion on “European Values: The Media – The Artillery of Freedom?" organised by the European Liberal Forum and the Republikon Intézet in Ybl Palota, Budapest on 6 June 2013.
On 5 June 2013 Judit Bayer and István Hegedűs represented HES at the new round of an expert meeting in the Independent Journalism Centre in Budapest. The participants discussed the recommendations of the high-level group established by the European Commission on media freedom and pluralism.
István Hegedűs participated at the meeting of the campaign organisers of the European Initiative for Media Pluralism in Rome on 18 May 2013.
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On 16 May 2013 István Hegedűs represented HES in an expert meeting in the Independent Journalism Centre in Budapest. The participants discussed the recommendations of the high-level group established by the European Commission on media freedom and pluralism.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the session of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament on 7 May 2013.
István Hegedűs talked about the debate in the European Parliament on Hungary in Klubrádió on 17 April 2013.
On 10 April 2013 István Hegedűs talked in Klubrádió about the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) committee meeting where MEP-s discussed the fourth amendment to the Hungarian constitution.
István Hegedűs participated at the conference "The European Union External Action in Times of Crisis and Change" and made a contribution in roundtable 8. The event was organised by the Institut d’Etudes Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles on 28 February 2013.
István Hegedűs talked about the new Multiannual Financial Framework and the share of Hungary from the Cohesion Fund in Klubrádió on 11 February 2013.
István Hegedűs was the guest in the morning program START Plus of ATV on 7 December 2012. Watch the interview here.
On 29 November 2012, István Hegedűs commented on the blog post by Neelie Kroes, member of the European Commission on the situation of the media in Hungary, in which she strongly criticised the media policy of the Hungarian government and the activities of the Media Council.
István Hegedűs was the guest in the Morning Person program of Klubrádió on 23 November
István Hegedűs participated at the event organised by LIBSEEN in Osijek, Croatia on 26-27 October 2012 and made a presentation about the political and economic impacts of the crisis of the eurozone.
István Hegedűs talked about the European Council meeting in Brussels in Klubrádió on 19 October 2012.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the visit of the LIBE committee of the European Parliament in Budapest on 27 September 2012.
The article Hungary Is Not a Colony written by István Hegedűs was published in V4 Revue on 17 August 2012.
István Hegedűs spoke about the new European federalist ideas in Klubrádió on 26 June 2012.
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István Hegedűs participated at the conference of the European Citizens’ Initiative for Media Pluralism organised by European Alternatives and Alliance Internationale de Journalistes in the European Parliament in Brussels on 31 May 2012.
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István Hegedűs made a presentation and held a consultation to the students of the Europe Learning Community at the New York University on skype on 18 April 2012.
István Hegedűs’s interview entitled Európai identitásunkat vonja kétségbe a kormány was published in Élet és Irodalom on 9 Marc
On 8 March 2012 the presentation of István Hegedűs entitled Európai vagy magyar Magyarország held at the international conference organised by the Hungarian Europe Society on 2 March 2012 in Budapest was published on magyarnarancs.hu.
István Hegedűs was the guest of Klubrádió’s morning program on 27 February 2012.
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What does it mean for Hungary to be an EU member? was the title of a roundtable discussion with the participation of István Hegedűs organised by the Szabadelvű Egyesület és a Szabad Emberek Magyarországért - Liberális Párt on 24 February 2012 in Nyitott Műhely.
HVG published an interview with István Hegedűs entitled Orbán Viktor korábban is hajlamos volt fekete-fehérben látni a világot on 16 February 2012.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Romanian HotNews about the potential development of the conflict between Hungary and the European institutions on 20 January 2012.
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The opinion piece entitled La venganza motiva la 'ley mordaza' written by István Hegedűs on the Hungarian media laws was published by El Pais on 20 January 2012.
The article in English
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the conflict between the Hungarian government and the European institutions on 18 January 2012.
At the annual meeting of the Hungarian Europe Society István Hegedűs was re-elected as chairman of the organisation on 3 November 2011. Jerzy Celichowski and Györgyi Kocsis have become the two vice-chairpersons.
István Hegedűs made an assessment of the semester in Klubrádió on 7 July 2011.
On 27 June 2011 István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled Der Weg des FIDESZ von der oppositionellen Partei der Jungdemokraten zur populistischen Regierungspartei. Ein ehemaliger FIDESZ-Abgeordneter im ungarischen Parlament analysiert die Entwicklung at the invitiation of the "Deutsch-Ungarische Gesellschaft" in Berlin in the building of the "Gedenkbibliothek zu Ehren der Opfer des Kommunismus/Stalinismus".
On 18 June 2011 István Hegedűs met with a group of Romanian journalists. Their trip to Budapest was organized by the Representation of the European Commission in Romania.
István Hegedűs was the guest of ATV on 24 June 2011 talking about the Hungarian EU Council Presidency.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 June 2011.
The article Áll még Budának vára! A fél éves magyar uniós elnökség elemzése helyett written by István Hegedűs was published in Magyar Narancs on 16 June 2011.
István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled Hungary as a Relatively New Member State in the European Union to the undergraduate students of the Flinn Summer Seminar from Arizona State on 27 May 2011 at Európa Pont in Budapest.
Erasmus students studying at the Budapest Business School met István Hegedűs and Borbála Kriza at Európa Pont, Millenáris, Budapest on 17 May 2011.
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István Hegedűs was the guest author on the website of Galamus Group between 25-29 April 2011.
The study of István Hegedűs and Borbála Göncz entitled „Oly távol vagy tőlem és mégis közel.” Az Európai Unióval kapcsolatos attitűdök a hazai választók körében was published in „Részvétel, képviselet, politikai változás”, a book edited by Róbert Tardos, Zsolt Enyedi and Andrea Szabó.
István Hegedűs was the guest of the Association of Young Liberals (LIFE) on 16 February 2011 in R.S.9 Theatre.
István Hegedűs’s article Half a Year of Solitude - Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian EU Presidency was published in Magyar Narancs on 6 January 2011.
Hungary - an “enfant terrible”? This was the title of the presentation held by István Hegedűs at the conference of the Central European Political Science Association entitled From Crisis to Recovery? Domestic and International Responses in a United Europe in Bratislava on 15 October 2010.
On 29 September 2010, István Hegedűs argued against the initiative of the Hungarian government in his speech in a Constitutional Debate - Does Hungary need a new Constitution? organised by the Common Sense Society. The event took place in Ybl Palace.
The article by István Hegedűs "Görcsoldó. Provincializmus vagy európaizálódás" about the Hungarian strategy of foreign affairs was published by Figyelő on 13 December 2007.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation at the seminar of the General Electric Human Resources Leadership Program in Hotel Hilton, Budapest, on 7 May 2007.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "European Elections and European Party Politics: Lessons Learned from the Hungarian European Campaign" at the conference "European Elections between Domestic and European Politics – Sharing Best Practices" organised by the Centrul Român de Studii Globale and participated at the round-table discussion in Bucharest on 9 March 2007.
István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Party Politics on European Matters and the Divide between Political Elites and Citizens in Hungary" at the conference of the European Consortium for Political Research at Corvinus University of Budapest on 9 September 2005.
The article of István Hegedűs entitled "Európa-görcsök" ("Inflexibility towards Europe") was published in Népszava on 24 December 2002 about the completion of the accession negotiations between Hungary and the European Union.
