István Hegedűs held a presentation entitled "Strongman and Illiberalism - Pushing Back Against the Enemies of Liberal Democracy in Hungary" at the Annual Conference of the Austrian Political Science Association entitled "Pushing Back Against the Enemies of Democracy" at the Central European University in Vienna on 29 November 2024.
István Hegedűs was asked about Viktor Orbán's and Donald Trump's Relationship in Verkkouutiset by Risto Majaniemi on 24 November 2024.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klikk TV on 21 November 2024 right before the new European Commission took office.
István Hegedűs was invited to the event entitled "European Political Challenges" together with István Szent-Iványi organised by the Zsuzsa Ferge Free University at Ötpacsirta Saloon of the Ervin Szabó City Library on 21 November 2024. The moderator was Zoltán Lakner.
The Hungarian Europe Society organised a study tour between 21-24 January 2025 to Warsaw. István Hegedűs, Zselyke Tófalvi and Erik Uszkiewicz held numerous meetings with civil society partners and political analysts. A detailed report was prepared on the lessons learned from the "wellbeing" program. The trip was supported by the Civilizáció coalition.
On 27 December 2024, first, two presentations were listened to and discussed by the members who arrived at the seat of the Hungarian Europe Society between each other.
Communication Distortions and the Possibility of Democratic Dialogue in the 21st Century
– in-person international conference organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional network –
Date: 12 November 2024, Tuesday 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Venue: Central European University, Budapest Campus, 15 Nádor utca, Budapest, H-1051, Room 106
Photos by Ivola Bazánth taken at the conference titled "Mothers of Europe” / Európai nők - Az európai sztori másik fele. Női küzdelmek a demokráciáért, szabadságért és az egységes Európáért Magyarországon, illetve a világon" held on October 22, 2024.
Conference recordings are available on the YouTube Channel of HES.
Hungarian civil society organisations, including the Hungarian Europe Society, called on EU Member States to finally take action in the Article 7 procedure against the Hungarian government on 20 June 2024.
The Hungarian Europe Society, as a member of Civilizáció NGO community, signed a protest against the so-called sovereignty protection bill introduced by the Hungarian government in November 2023. A broader campaign was also started to collect supportive signatures from citizens on 1 December.
In February 2022 HES signed the joint declaraion of Civilizáció to object that the Hungarian authorities' continuously pestering the Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület and the Magyarországi Evangéliumi Testvérközösség (MET). The signatory organisations stand for Oltalom and the religious community of MET and refuse the government's long-lasting offensive against them.
HES signed a joint letter of Civilizáció in February 2022 to express its respect and appreciation to the civil disobedience of Hungarian school teachers. The signatory organisations support the teachers' claims and acknowlede: strike is a fundamental right!
