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Hungarian Drifting

István Hegedűs was the guest of Klubrádió’s morning program on 27 February 2012. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Hungary against the European Union?

What does it mean for Hungary to be an EU member? was the title of a roundtable discussion with the participation of...

Retrospective historicism

HVG published an interview with István Hegedűs entitled Orbán Viktor korábban is hajlamos volt fekete-fehérben látni a...

Barroso and Orbán

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 25 January 2012 about the meeting between the President of the...

The Game of the Hungarian Government

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Romanian HotNews about the potential development of the conflict between...

Revenge

The opinion piece entitled La venganza motiva la 'ley mordaza' written by István Hegedűs on the Hungarian media...

Joint Position Paper to the High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism

On 18 January 2012, the Hungarian Europe Society, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the Eötvös Károly Public Policy...

Pressure on Hungary

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the conflict between the Hungarian government and the European...

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on the increasing isolation of the Hungarian government in the...

The Worst Case Scenario

István Hegedűs expressed his views on the room of maneuver of the Hungarian government after the statement of the...

At the Wall

The Bulgarian newspaper cited the opinion of István Hegedűs on the Hungarian political development on 6 January.

Operation Areas and Health

On 18 December 2011, Tamás Révai will participate on the conference entitled Requirements and Challenges of Operation...

Exclusion or Inclusion?

Homofóbia Magyarországon, a volume edited by Judit Takács has been recently published by L’Harmattan. The book will be...

Is the Learning Process Transitive?

István Hegedűs, chairman of HES contributed as a moderator at the conference organised by the Centre for EU Enlargement...

A résztvevő megfigyelő

A review of Péter Balázs's book entitled Magyarország és Európa was published by Tamás Fóti in the periodical...

End of Solidarity?

István Hegedűs participated at the podium discussion „Nationalismus in Europa - eine Gefahr für die europäische Vision...

Elections

At the annual meeting of the Hungarian Europe Society István Hegedűs was re-elected as chairman of the organisation on...

Waiting for a Liberal Messiah

István Hegedűs’s interview entitled was published on hvg.hu on 2 November 2011.

Central Europeans in the European Union

The Year of the New Presidencies: The Visegrad Countries in the EU was the title of the conference organised by...

To the Leaders of the European Union and the Eastern Partnership Countries

On 15 September 2011 the Coalition for the European Continent Undivided by Visa Barriers, in which the Hungarian Europe...

A Polish Presidency Priority

Europe Society is a member organisation, issued a statement on 7 June 2011 calling on the Polish EU Council...

After the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU

István Hegedűs made an assessment of the semester in Klubrádió on 7 July 2011.

The Hungarian Fortress

The article entitled La fortaleza húngara by István Hegedűs was published in El Pais on 29 June 2011. in...

Short Party History

On 27 June 2011 István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled Der Weg des FIDESZ von der oppositionellen Partei der...

On Hungarian and European Political Issues

On 18 June 2011 István Hegedűs met with a group of Romanian journalists. Their trip to Budapest was organized by the...

Success or Failure?

István Hegedűs was the guest of ATV on 24 June 2011 talking about the Hungarian EU Council Presidency.

Towards the End of the Hungarian Presidency

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 June 2011.

We were here

The article Áll még Budának vára! A fél éves magyar uniós elnökség elemzése helyett written by István Hegedűs was...

Study Tour in Hungary

HES organised the program of six US fellows of the German Marshall Fund between 8-11 June 2011. Report and program...

On Hungary to US Visitors

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled Hungary as a Relatively New Member State in the European Union to the...

Focusing on the European Union

A couple of HES members made a presentatiton at the 17th Annual Conference of the Hungarian Political Science...

Focusing on the European Union

A couple of HES members made a presentatiton at the 17th Annual Conference of the Hungarian Political Science...

Students and European Values

Erasmus students studying at the Budapest Business School met István Hegedűs and Borbála Kriza at Európa Pont,...

On the Media in Bologna

István Hegedűs represented HES at the conference entitled European Forum on Media Freedom organised by European...

Five Days Blogging

István Hegedűs was the guest author on the website of Galamus Group between 25-29 April 2011.

Distance and Closeness

The study of István Hegedűs and Borbála Göncz entitled „Oly távol vagy tőlem és mégis közel.” Az Európai Unióval...

What is Happening and Why?

Hegedűs István made a presentation at the foreign policy section of the conference of the National Student Association...

Risk Factor

Györgyi Kocsis's article Orbán and the EU - Why is the Hungarian Presidency Unsuccessful? was published in HVG on...

Realistic Optimism

On 19 March 2011, Tamás Szemlér's blog post Europe 2020 - A More Successful Chapter of the “Lisbon Story”? was...

Bye Bye Euro Plus

On 1 April 2011, Zoltán Gyévai's blog post Pact Dilemmas was published on BruxelLes blog.

Once Again about the Regulation of the Media

On 31 March 2011, the NGO European Alternatives organised a working conference in the European Parliament entitled...

Crossborder Co-operation in South-Eastern Europe

Between 30 March and 2 April 2011, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) of Subotica organised the final...

Turbulent EU Presidency

On 30 March 2011 István Hegedűs hold a lecture entitled Adjustment of a Relatively New Member State to the European...

The Hungarian EU Presidency in South-Eastern Europe

On 16 March 2011, Beáta Huszka's blog post Western Balkans - the situation is gloomier than it may seem was...

On the Outcome of the Hungarian Constitutional Process

On 15 March 2011, the new article of Balázs Majtényi and András László Pap (HES) entitled Are We Proud? was...

Volunteers and Citizens

On 5-8 May 2011, Citizens of Europe organised a meeting entitled European Citizens Convention Landau (Germany). ...

Lessons of the First Three Months

On 25 March 2011 István Hegedűs made a presentation on the Hungarian EU Presidency to the students of the Center for...

Scandinavians in Budapest

István Hegedűs made a presentation on the political development in Hungary to the members of the Swedish Parliamentary...

Memorable Lessons

On 18 February 2011, György Fóris's blog post Believe me, there will be lectures at schools on 2011 was published...

The Letter of the Commissioner

Györgyi Kocsis's article After the Media Law, the Hungarian EU Presidency is Drawing Closer to a New Minefield was...

Ambitious Euro

On 17 February 2011, József Péter Martin's blog post A brave project - boom or bust? was published on EuroClick...

The Year of Eastern Europe in the EU?

István Hegedűs was the guest of the Association of Young Liberals (LIFE) on 16 February 2011 in R.S.9 Theatre.

European Union, Hungarian Presidency

István Hegedűs was the invited lecturer of the foreign policy section of the Association of Hungarian Journalists...

Neelie Kroes, Master of the Dossier

What can the European Union do against a Member State Violating Fundamental Rights? was the title of the article...

Warsaw? Why should we go there?

Warszawa? A po co tam jechaæ? (Warsaw? Why should we go there?) an interview with Iván Tosics conducted by Jerzy...

Orbán Started a Dangerous Game

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the performance of the Hungarian prime minister at the European Parliament...

The Ruling Party, the Prime Minister and the European Union

An interview with István Hegedűs made by Eszter Rádai entitled A Revolt inside Fidesz is Life Threatening was...

HES Publications

Facing the Tide

The publication titled Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge was issued by the Hungarian Europe Society in January 2026. ...

Open Space

Európai nők

In May 2025, the Hungarian European Society published the posters from the "Európai nők" exhibition, created as part of the...
Open Space

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody: Dancing with Dependency - Impacts of Lex OZE III on Czech Energy Security and Renewable Investments
Open Space

Mothers of Europe Project Publication Is Out

“Who were the Mothers of Europe?” Members of a consortium from the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland and Hungary sought answers to this question in a new edited volume and with the posters...
Open Space

What Can Liberals and Democrats Fight With? Finding a Winning Narrative in the High-stakes 2024 European Elections

The publication titled "What Can Liberals and Democrats Fight With?
Open Space

The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Vision, Strategy, Competition. Parties and Civil Society

The publication "The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Strategy, Vision, Competition, Parties, Civil Society" has been issued by the Hungarian Europe Society in June 2023. ...
Open Space

The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Strategy, Vision, Competition, Parties, Civil Society

Summary of a Hungarian experts' workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society, 20 April 2023
Open Space

MACI Campaign

The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.