Declarations

01.12.2023 - 20:03
The Hungarian Europe Society, as a member of Civilizáció NGO community, signed a protest against the so-called sovereignty protection bill...
24.02.2022 - 19:56
In February 2022 HES signed the joint declaraion of Civilizáció to object that the Hungarian authorities' continuously pestering the ...
24.02.2022 - 19:48
HES signed a joint letter of Civilizáció in February 2022 to express its respect and appreciation to the civil disobedience of Hungarian school...
14.01.2022 - 18:06
The Hungarian Europe Society signed a letter to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-...
03.05.2021 - 21:03
In April 2021 HES signed the joint declaraion of Civilizáció about the importance of the withdrawal of the LeX NGO and about concerns over the...
16.04.2021 - 20:49
On 14 April 2021 the Hungarian Europe Society joined the protest of numerous NGOs urging the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmen Samir Santawy. The...
11.02.2021 - 21:29
In an open letter dated on 9 February 2021, Civilizáció Coalition requested Szabolcs Ágostházy, Minister of State for EU Development Projects at...
02.02.2021 - 20:34
On 29 January 2021 HES signed along with several civil society organisations a petition for Hungarian university autonomy and academic freedom.
27.11.2020 - 20:50
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society on the Rule of Law* 1. The Hungarian Europe Society insists on the concept of the rule of law as a...
03.09.2020 - 21:25
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society* The wave of protests in Belarus provoked by the fraudulent presidential election has been going...
10.05.2020 - 18:09
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society on the publication of Nézőpont Institute We might even welcome the arduous work of Nézőpont Institute...
01.05.2020 - 12:47
The Hungarian Europe Society signed a letter together with academic researchers and NGO-os on 29 April 2020 urging European Commission's Vice-...
21.12.2019 - 16:26
Thirteen NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society, members of the Civilizáció group protested against the decision of the National Media...
21.12.2019 - 16:21
"NGO-s can be important co-operative partners of the new local council; their expertise, volunteers and members are able to provide significant...
22.07.2019 - 18:32
On 15 July 2019 the Hungarian Europe Society signed a joint letter of protest published by European civil groups against the nomination of a Fidesz...
08.06.2019 - 12:29
The Civilisation Coalition - including its member organisation, the Hungarian Europe Society - protested in a declaration on 4 June 2019 against the...
23.05.2019 - 20:55
Thirty-five civil organisations, including the Hungarian Europe Society as well as former ombudsmen Jenő Kaltenbach and László Majtényi, sent a...
14.03.2019 - 16:00
More than a hundred NGOs, the Hungarian Europe Society among them, have joined a common manifesto published on the occasion of the 15 March 2019...
13.09.2018 - 23:45
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society* on triggering Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union​   Article 2 of the Treaty...
19.12.2017 - 10:03
On 18 December 2017 135 Hungarian NGO-s, including HES, protested against the attacks on civil society by the local governments of Kaposvár,...
22.08.2017 - 12:41
Please find the latest declaration of the Hungarian Europe Soiety about the current legislation impacting NGOs in Hungary here (HU).
13.06.2017 - 12:52
The Hungarian Europe Society, together with numerous NGO-s, protested in a statement against the stigmatising "Law on the...
21.03.2017 - 11:56
On 21 March 2017 the Hungarian Europe Society signed a joint protest declaration as one of its initiators against the threats presented by...
02.12.2016 - 12:18
The Hungarian Europe Society (HES) has been witnessing with great bewilderment and concern, that the European Commission has refrained from referring...
14.09.2016 - 16:36
Hungarian non-governmental organisations, including the Hungarian Europe Society, condemned the anti-refugee referendum announced by the government...
17.01.2016 - 12:36
The Hungarian Europe Society expresses solidarity with all Poles protesting against recent steps by the Polish government limiting democracy in...
08.09.2015 - 15:14
On 8 September 2015, Hungarian NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society, in a joint statement, asked the Hungarian government to...
08.09.2015 - 13:49
On 8 September 2015, Hungarian NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society, in a joint statement, asked the Hungarian government to acknowledge...
19.06.2015 - 16:16
"Nobody has the intention of building a wall", declared GDR Head of State Walter Ulbricht in the summer of 1961, in East-Berlin. Despite of his words...
10.03.2015 - 19:48
We find it amusing that Magyar Nemzet, having failed to negatively paint our society as a sort of EU “lobby group”, resorted to unveiling one by one...
17.09.2014 - 10:12
The Hungarian Europe Society signed the solidarity declaration with the Hungarian NGO-s elaborated by the European Foundation Centre...
29.07.2014 - 20:06
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society with regard to the OSCE Final Report on Parliamentary Elections in Hungary As it is known, following...
01.07.2014 - 21:54
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society* The Hungarian Europe Society welcomes the European Council’s appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker,...
04.03.2014 - 23:35
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society The Hungarian Europe Society calls on the leaders of the Russian Federation to withdraw all of its...
19.12.2013 - 20:18
On 19 December 2013 the Visa-Free Europe Coalition, of which the Hungarian Europe Society is a member, issued a statement calling for...
05.07.2013 - 20:19
The declaration in Spanish Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society on the resolution of the Hungarian Parliament condemning the report on the...
10.03.2013 - 22:49
Abusing their two-third parliamentary majority, Viktor Orbán and his government in a new wave of “coup-like” amendments to the constitution wants to...
03.09.2012 - 17:06
The Hungarian government has caused an international scandal by sending home a nationalist Azerbaijani soldier who had been convicted and sentenced...
11.07.2012 - 07:27
HES Congratulates to Ms Aranka Szávuly and Mr Balázs Nagy Navarro for the Leipzig Press Award In 2012, the shared Prize of the Leipzig Media...
21.12.2011 - 12:25
The decision of the Constitutional Court of 19 December 2011 has finally brought freedom of the print media in Hungary back but the court has done...
10.12.2011 - 10:53
Declaration of the Hungarian Europe Society on the behaviour of the Hungarian government and the deepening of the European integration The...
29.11.2010 - 10:56
Declaration by the Hungarian Europe Society* On the eve of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Hungarian Europe...
08.10.2009 - 22:05
The Hungarian Europe Society’s Declaration on the Irish Referendum* With relief and happiness we accept the convincing victory of the “Yes” votes...
31.10.2007 - 00:00
In the view of the Hungarian Europe Society, in the 21st century’s changed world, it is essential for the Republic of Hungary to establish a...
30.06.2007 - 00:00
We welcome the news that at the meeting of the European Council the political leaders of the member states succeeded in reaching an agreement about...
05.11.2006 - 09:15
About the European Union - in Plain Language and on High Level was the title of the event held by HES (Attila Bartha, Tamás Galambos, István Hegedűs...
24.10.2006 - 04:24
The Hungarian Europe Society condemns the violent acts of the past days, the street riots and the attacks on public institutions. The mobs acting...
19.10.2006 - 13:43
It is again a politically motivated murder that not only Russia, but the whole world in consequence, has to face. The assassination of Anna...
15.09.2006 - 12:45
What we have feared for weeks has happened: the majority of French and Dutch citizens have voted against the adoption of the Constitution of the...
17.05.2006 - 13:36
On 17 May 2006, the Hungarian Europe Society organised an international workshop concerning the political and security challenges of the Western...
11.10.2005 - 00:00
The Hungarian Europe Society observes the indecisiveness of the Hungarian government with increasing concern: the “floatation” of the introduction of...
11.07.2005 - 00:00
The Hungarian Europe Society declares its revulsion and horror at the despicable attacks in London on 7 July 2005. We offer our sympathy to the many...
08.06.2005 - 07:06
What we have feared for weeks has happened: the majority of French and Dutch citizens have voted against the adoption of the Constitution of the...
18.02.2004 - 07:49
We were shocked and surprised to receive the senseless, antidemocratic and populist proposal raised by Péter Medgyessy in the Hungarian Parliament on...
28.03.2003 - 05:50
Almási, Tamás film director, Antalóczy, Timea sociologist, Babarczy, Eszter publicist, Bácskai, Vera historian, Bienerth, Gusztáv managing director...
10.02.2003 - 06:00
The Hungarian Europe Society welcomes the results of the Copenhagen summit in December 2002, which created the possibility for Hungary to become an...
28.10.2002 - 05:55
The Hungarian Europe Society (HES) welcomes the initiative of the European Convention to establish the convention of young people in Europe....
27.10.2002 - 06:53
The Hungarian Europe Society welcomes the positive result of the Irish referendum about the Treaty of Nice of the European Union with great pleasure...
20.04.2001 - 06:52
We, members of the Hungarian Europe Society express our protest against the attitude of the politics of the Lukashenko-regime in Belarus concerning...