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The Pope in Hungary

István Hegedűs was cited in Le Monde on Viktor Orbán's early agnosticism on 29 April 2023.

Conference Recording

The conference recordings of "The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Vision, Strategy, Competition. Parties and Civil...

Media Echo

Klubrádió reported about the conference of HES entitled "The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Vision, Strategy,...

Conference Recordings

The conference recordings of "The Future of Democracy and the Summit for Democracy from the Perspective of a...

Grief

László Valki, international lawyer, university professor, doctor of political and legal sciences, member of the...

Vision and Reality

István Hegedűs participated at the panel discussion organised by JEF Hungary and Time for a European Federation on the...

Details of the Conference

On 26 November 2022 Klubrádió broadcasted on the international conference "The Future of Democracy and the Summit...

Pictures of a Conference

Pictures from the international conference "The Future of Democracy and the Summit for Democracy from the...

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Orbán, the Strongman

István Hegedűs' article on the state of Hungarian politics was published in Berliner Zeitung on 14 October 2022....

Hungary in the European Union, the European Union in the World

István Hegedűs held the opening lecture of the year at the Budapest Academy of City Diplomacy on 30 September 2022.

Orbán's Defeat

István Hegedűs was quoted in the German Tageszeitung on 19 September 2022 about the recent lawmaking process by the...

Orbán Is Angry

The Polish oko.press quoted István Hegedűs about the the political line and the speech held at Tusnádfürdő by...

Dance of Uncertainty

The analysis by István Hegedűs on the policy of Viktor Orbán after his latest election victory was published in the 3/...

The Future of Democracy: Strengthening Liberal Values, Institutions and Procedures at Global, European, Regional and National Levels

The publication by the Hungarian Europe Society entitled "The Future of Democracy: Strengthening Liberal...

Summer in Slovenia

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "The Future of Authoritarian Populism in Hungary and Beyond after the...

What Happened at the Conference on the Future of Europe?

István Hegedűs was one of the guests in the radio program "Beszóló" led by Dóra Ónody-Molnár in Spirit FM on 17 May...

Europe Day Debate

Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the Europe Day conference organised by the Embassy of France in Hungary and the French...

Grief

On 12 April 2022, Ulrich Irmer, liberal politician, former member of the German Bundestag, member of the advisory board...

Estonian Radio

István Hegedűs analysed the political situation after the Hungarian parliamentary elections in Ida Politika podcast on...

What Happened to the Hungarian Opposition?

The Danish Føljeton made an interview with István Hegedűs following the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 6...

The War of Two Foreign Countries

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Latvian public TV about Vikor Orbán's campaign rhetoric before the Hungarian...

Twitter Thread

The evaluation by István Hegedűs before the Hungarian parliamentary elections was posted by Das Progressive Zentrum on...

Two Days Before the Elections

The analysis by István Hegedűs entitled "The Hungarian elections: What is the current situation and what can we expect...

Márki-Zay in the War

István Hegedűs was quoted in Foreign Policy on 31 March 2022 on the Hungarian elections saying among others that "Marki...

Old Guttersnipes

Donald Macintyre cited the opinion of István Hegedűs on the wire-dance of Viktor Orbán's foreign policy before the...

Who Is Going to Win?

István Hegedűs participated at the online discussion about the Hungarian parliamentary elections together with Ádám...

Ten Days Before

István Hegedűs gave a presentation at a working breakfast to the invitation of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for...

Grief

On 13 March 2022, Erhard Busek, former Vice-chancellor of Austria, according to his self-definition a citizen of...

Opposition and Élan

On 20 March 2022 the Bulgarian Dnevnik published an article on the forthcoming Hungarian parliamentary elections ...

Putin's War

István Hegedűs participated at the virtual meeting of LIBSEEN (Liberal South East European Network) Steering Committee...

A European Success Story?

In February 2022 a new publication of the EUritage project entitled "A European success story?...

It is Time to Recognise Ukraine as a Candidate Country!

From more than twenty countries, 116 intellectuals and politicians, including István Hegedűs, called in a joint tribune...

Education for Democracy?

The article by Réka Heszterényi about Mihály Csákó sociologist, late member of the Hungarian Europe Society, has...

Márki-Zay, Hope of the Hungarian Opposition

István Hegedűs gave an interview to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu after the festive rally of the Hungarian...

HES YouTube Channel

Latest videos on HES YouTube channel: The Legacy of 1956, 1989 and 2004 from the Perspective of 2021 in Hungary...

Orbán's Road

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Danish paper Føljeton about the career of the Hungarian Prime Minister on...

Orbán, a Former Liberal

István Hegedűs gave an interview to ANSA news agency about the political mindset of the Hungarian prime minister on 17...

Against the Wind

Kata Nagy participated at the workshop on advocacy know-how sharing organised by the Czech DEMAS (Association for...

Alliance of the European Radical Right?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the joint declaration of Eurosceptic, populist parties on 5 July...

Orbán and the European Political Culture

István Hegedűs was interviewed by the Spanish newspaper El Independiente about the European reactions to the new...

Deconstructing or Reforming the European Union?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to KlikkTV about the debates on the future of the European Union on 21 June 2021.

Why Have They Divorced?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation at the annual meeting of the Hungarian Political Science Association...

Then and Now

On 30 May 2021 the Austrian Profil interviewed István Hegedűs about the early period of Fidesz in its compilation...

What Should a New Hungarian Government Think About Europe?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation to the foreign policy expert committee of Elegy - Opposition Co-...

Trust, Strategy, Drifting, Motivations, Interests

István Hegedűs made an online presentation entitled "Never Say Never – The Break-up Between Fidesz and the European...

Orbán's Room of Manoeuvre

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Director of Finnish Institute in Budapest in the...

Brussel Dictates!

István Hegedűs was the invited guest at the EU program of Tilos Rádió on 26 April 2021.

Taking Sides

István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 20 April 2021 about the decision of Fidesz to join the European...

No to the Changes of Borders in the Balkans!

István Hegedűs participated at the urgent online meeting of the Liberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN) on 15...

Fidesz, Russians, European People's Party, Populism

István Hegedűs was the guest of László Juszt's online program called "Private Talks" on 1 April 2021.

Everyday Populism

The "public comfort" magazine called 9, the journal of the 9th district municipality of Budapest published an article...

Free Elections in Hungary Thirty-One Years Ago

István Hegedűs participated in a discussion about the political dilemmas in the epoch of the regime-change on 25 March...

Orbán's Self-isolation in Europe

István Hegedűs was interviewed in Liberation on 3 March 2021 about the break-up between Fidesz and the European People'...

Fidesz Left the EPP Group, the EPP Group Left Fidesz

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Fidesz is leaving EPP. What does this signify?" at the press meeting of...

History Is Not Played To Goals

On 18 December 2020 István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Eurozóna program of Klubrádió on the achievements of...