Balázs Dénes, Executive Director of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) made a presentation on 21 November 2012 asking the following question: "There are many people who like it, more, who hate it, it is independent from the political parties, but not from politics, it is a noisy democrat even protecting the rights of its own enemies, if necessary. What is it?"
Dénes Balázs, a Társaság a Szabadságjogokért elnöke tartott előadást 2012. november 21-én, melyben ezt a kérdést tette föl: "Sokan szeretik, de még többen gyűlölik, pártoktól független, de nem politikamentes, hangos demokrata, és időnként az ellenségei jogait védi. Mi az?".
On 29 October 2012 Péter Tölgyessy, lawyer, political analyst, Member of the Hungarian Parliament between 1990 and 2006, held a presentation entitled „The Situation of Hungary after Two and Half Year Long Fidesz-government”.
2012. október 29-én Tölgyessy Péter, jogász, politikai elemző, 1990 és 2006 között országgyűlési képviselő tartott előadást Magyarország helyzete két és fél év Fidesz-kormányzás után címmel.
Nikosz Fokasz sociologist held a presentation entitled Greece in Crisis: Reflexes of Collective Behaviour on 21 September 2012.
Points and further pictures of the presentation.
Fokasz Nikosz szociológus tartott előadást Görögország válságban: a kollektív viselkedés reflexei címmel 2012. szeptember 21-én.
Egy előadás pontjai és további képei.
On 29 June 2012, László Andor, Member of the European Commission for Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion was the invited guest of the Hungarian Europe Society.
First, the Commissioner described how and according to what considerations the Heads of State and Government of the European Union agreed upon the creation of the new banking supervision system at their summit. According to Andor, the establishment of the banking union is a significant step forward and a breakthrough in the process of the European crisis management.
HES members met with Franziska Brantner, member of the Greens/European Free Alliance political group in the European Parliament for a discussion on European issues on 30 May 2012.
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff was the guest of the Brussels section of HES on 29 May 2012. The deputy leader of ALDE (liberal) political group in the European Parliament made a presentation entitled "The Future of the Union: Federation or Re-nationalisation?".
The Hungarian Europe Society held а discussion evening entitled "The secret police past and the openness of files" on 23 May 2012. Its focus was on the historical and political aspects of the still open question of the communist secret police informers. The invited presenters were the historian László Varga and HES member József Gulyás, who was a member of the National Security Committee of the Hungarian Parliament until 2010.
The Center for European Union Research of the Central European University and the Hungarian Europe Society organised a roundtable debate entitled „Where are they? Civil society actors and European integration” at the Central European University on 17 April 2012. HES was represented by Rita Galambos.
Program and read more
On 4 April 2012 Mihály Laki, Research Fellow of the Institute of Economics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences made a presentation entitled Hungarian Big Entrepreneurs and Multinational Firms.
Recent behaviour of the Hungarian government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has raised questions whether the country is steering outside the European Union either by leaving the political and economic integration on its own decision or by provoking its expulsion by the European institutions and the other member states. There exist also mid-way potential scenarios.
On 30 January 2012 Ferenc Karvalits, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Hungary made a presentation entitled International Loan Negotiations and Economic Perspectives.
On 9 December 2011, Zsuzsanna Szelényi made a presentation entitled Arab Spring in Morocco about her experiences as election observer on behalf of the National Democratic Institute.
