An Illiberal State in the Heart of Europe

An Illiberal State in the Heart of Europe

As a supportive organisation, the Hungarian Europe Society signed a report on 18 October 2017 elaborated by five Hungarian NGO-s (Eötvös Károly Policy Institute, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, K-Monitor, Mérték Media Monitor) on the functioning of the Hungarian political system.

The Hungarian Europe Society was one of the initiators of the demonstration held on 12 April 2017 at Heroes Square in Budapest against the proposed bill that would stigmatise non-governmental organisations.
Hungarian NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society, started a campaign on 26 April
On 12 September 2017 thirty-one Hungarian NGO-s, including HES, signed a joint declaration to draw the attention of the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe to the shrinki
On 29 August 2017 HES and twenty-two other NGO-s filed a challenge with Hungary's constitutional
Salil Shetty, Secretary General of the Amnesty International met representatives of Hungarian NGO-s, including István Hegedűs, at L'Office on 12 October 2017.