At the annual meeting of the Hungarian Europe Society István Hegedűs was re-elected as chairman of the organisation on 3 November 2011. Jerzy Celichowski and Györgyi Kocsis have become the two vice-chairpersons.
István Hegedűs participated at a workshop entitled "European Hub for Civic Engagement" organised by Das Progressive Zentrum on 16-17 September 2019 in Lisbon.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the discord between Viktor Orbán and the European People's Party on 22 February 2019.
István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 1 May 2018 about the relationship between the Hungarian government and the European Union focusing on the conflictuel links between Fidesz and the European People's Party.
István Hegedűs participated at the policy forum entitled "Migration Crisis as a Challenge for Democracy" at the University of Warsaw on 14 November 2017. Hegedűs pointed out that the Hungarian public media continuously broadcast anti-refugee campaigns based on fearmongering.
The Hungarian Europe Society organised a workshop entitled "Illiberal democracies – what can the European Union do in case a member state regularly and systematically breaches European values and regulations?" on 24 April 2015 in Hotel Marmara, Budapest.
