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Central Europe, the EU and myself

In 1989 our region, Central and Eastern Europe rose up. The countries of the region regained their freedom and...

Polarisation and cleavages

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Political Implications of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary, Central Europe...

After Brexit

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the new power relations inside the European Parliament and the likely...

Shrinking Space

István Hegedűs gave a short presentation about the Hungarian political climate at the conference of Das Progressive...

About the European Union

István Hegedűs was the guest of the program called "Brussels' Dictate" in Tilos Rádió on 23 December 2019.

No Word About the Oppression of Uyghurs

Comments by István Hegedűs was published in Il Piccolo on 2 December 2019 about the news that Hungary submits a...

One Million Supporters Are Needed

Györgyi Kocsis attended a meeting on 23 November 2019 in Budapest between representatives of Hungarian NGOs, media-...

Winds of Change in Budapest

Representing the Hungarian Europe Society, Györgyi Kocsis and Kata Nagy participated at the reception given by Budapest...

Refolution

István Hegedűs gave a presentation about the collapse of the Hungarian communist regime at the panel discussion...

NGO-s to NGO-s

Erik Uszkiewicz had a meeting with Maria Zilincikova, representative of the Hague based Justice & Peace civil...

Enlargement to the Balkans

István Hegedűs participated at the meeting of LIBSEEN (Liberal South East European Network) held at the ALDE...

Greek-Hungarian Parallels and Differences

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The EU at a turn: les enfant terribles, populism, and the question of...

Political Turn in Budapest and the Big Cities

The opinion of István Hegedűs on the local elections in Hungary was quoted in Hospodářské noviny on 15 October...

They Were Heroes

István Hegedűs participated at the conference "Recovering the Promise of 1989“ organised by Forum 2000 in Prague...

Preconditions of Success

Kata Nagy participated at the workshop organised in the framework of the annual Forum 2000 held on 13-15 October 2019...

What to Do in an Authoritarian Regime?

On 11 October 2019 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the study entitled Tyranny and Hope published...

Thirty Years After: Hungarians and Poles

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Transition to Democracy: Still the Years of Miracle - What Happened...

The Last Nine Years

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 20 September 2019 about the study entitled "Tyranny and Hope"...

Network

István Hegedűs participated at a workshop entitled "European Hub for Civic Engagement" organised by Das Progressive...

Diagnosis and Therapy

Representatives of the V21 Group and the Hungarian Europe Society held an event on 11 September 2019 to discuss the...

1989: the Year of Miracles

István Hegedűs was one of the speakers among Péter Balázs, Miklós Németh, Géza Jeszenszky and Iván Pető at the event...

Who will be the President of the European Commission?

István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 16 July 2019 about the chances of Ursula von der Leyen, President-...

Authoritarian Hungary

István Hegedűs was quoted in the Finnish magazine Suomen Kuvalehti on 12 July 2019 about the Hungarian political...

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...

Witnesses of Great Times

István Hegedűs was one of the guests beside István Elek, Ferenc Kőszeg and Klára Ungár at the event of the Hungarian...

Breaking the Norms

István Hegedűs participated at the annual Chatham House London Conference entitled "A Rules-Based International Order:...

Europe's Fragmentation

István Hegedűs participated at the workshop entitled "The Europe We Want" on 11–12 June 2019 organised by the ...

Memories of an Eyewitness

István Hegedűs gave an interview to hvg.hu on 12 June 2019 about the reburial of Imre Nagy and his fellow...

European Citizens on Both Sides of the Channel

István Hegedűs sent a letter of goodwill to the New Europeans for winning the Europe Award of the Schwarzkopf...

Populism 2.0

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Hungarian Exceptionalism or the Orbanisation of Europe?" at the...

No Populist Break-through

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 28 May 2019 about the European elections.

As Far As Portugal

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the "Europa Minha" programme of the Portuguese RTP - Rádio e Televisão de...

It Is Time, Do Not Hesitate!

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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...

Nostalgia

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

The European Commission Strikes Back

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

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...

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...

Europe's Abduction

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

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...

"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...

Federalists in Budapest

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

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...

Media Coverage of Labour Migration from Ukraine to V4 Countries

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Visa-free Europe Coalition

EU by Citizens Project

The Response of the Visegrad Countries to the Refugee Crisis

Do We Have European Citizen Rights?

Media Pluralism Campaign

HES Publications

Tyranny and Hope

The analysis of the Hungarian Europe Society on the Hungarian situation entitled "Tyranny and Hope" to the invitation of the V21 Group was published in September 2019.

Open Space

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 2018, 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

Blaming the Migrants in the Eastern Part of the EU

The final report entitled "The Response of the Visegrad Countries to the Refugee Crisis" was completed by the Hungarian Europe Society at the end of September 2016.

Open Space

MACI Campaign

MACI The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.

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