Success or Failure: Review of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The Hungarian Europe Society was one of the main organisers of the event together with the European Liberal Forum, the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit and the Republikon Institute (Hungary). The conference was funded by the European Parliament.
Venue: ZARA Continental Hotel, H-1074 Budapest, Dohány u. 42-44.
Date: 9:30, 25 June 2011
Working language: English
Program
Saturday 25 June 2011
9:30 Registration
10:00 Welcome
- Thierry Coosemans, member of the board, European Liberal Forum, Brussels
- Borek Severa, representative for Central Europe and Baltic States, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, Prague
10:15 Opening remarks
- Csaba Tóth, director of strategy, Republikon Institute, Budapest
- István Hegedűs, chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
10:30 Introductory speech
Presiding the Union and Building the Land of the Hungarians: the Values of Kötcse and Europe
11:00 Section#1
Success or Failure? How to Evaluate the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU?
- Moderator: Csaba Tóth, director of strategy, Republikon Institute, Budapest
Panellists:
- István Hegedűs, chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
- Balázs Dénes, executive director, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Budapest
- Kai-Olaf Lang, deputy head of research division, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
- Piotr Maciej Kaczyñski, research fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
- Klára Mikulíková, analyst, Academy of Public Affairs, Prague
12:45 Lunch break
14:15 Section#2
Media freedom in the EU: Challenges in the 21st Century
- Moderator: István Hegedűs, chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
Panellists:
- Attila Mong, editor, Origo, Budapest
- Judit Bayer, media expert, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
- Oana Popescu, programmes director, Aspen Institute, Bucharest
- Michael J. Jordan, journalist, Transitions Online, Bratislava
15:45 Coffee break
16:15 Section #3
The New Roma Strategy of the European Union and the Situation of the Hungarian Roma
- Moderator: Václav Bacovský, project manager, Subregion Central Europe and Baltic States, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, Prague
Panellists:
- János Ladányi, sociologist, Professor of Corvinus University of Budapest
- András Vágvölgyi, writer-filmmaker, Budapest
- Angéla Kóczé, research fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ethnic and Minority Research Institute, Budapest
17:30 Closing remarks
