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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...

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...

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'...

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...

Panorama Under COVID-19

The Hungarian Europe Society participated in a survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (...

Veto, Blackmail, Compromise, Concession

István Hegedűs talked about the option in Klubrádió on 9 December 2020, whether the Hungarian and the Polish...

What Do We Have To Know About the European Union At the End of 2020?

István Hegedűs gave a presentation on Zoom to the students of the ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology:...

József Szájer and Hungary in Europe

István Hegedűs was interviewed in Klubrádió on 3 December 2020 about the scandal of the Hungarian Member of the...

Restrictions, Obligations, Trust

István Hegedűs participated at the online roundtable "Human Rights in the Age of Covid" organised by Sofia (...

Everything Is Open Yet

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Spanish journal NIUS on 21 November 2020 about the chance of a Hungarian and...

Hungary and Poland in the Pull of Veto

Hegedűs István was quoted in the article published in Le Figaro "La Hongrie et la Pologne peuvent-elles se passer...

What Can the European Union Do Against Illiberal Tendencies?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation entitled "The State of the European Integration: Rule of Law and...

Rule of Law Conditionality

On 21 October 2020 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the results of a public opinion poll conducted...

Belarus, Turkey, Brexit

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the summit of the European Council on international political...

Will the Fate of Index Be the Same As of Origo?

István Hegedűs was interviewed on 28 July 2020 in an article published by aktualne.cz, Chech news portal on...

German Presidency, Economic Recovery, Rule of Law

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the online radio Hungarian BroadCaster News Station about current European...

Orbán and the Pandemic

Carnegie Europe published the piece "Coronavirus and Democratic Erosion in Hungary" by István Hegedűs in its...

Without a Break

István Hegedűs was quoted in an article on the relations between Hungary and the European Union published in...

Once Again About Hungary in the European Parliament

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the reactions of the European institutions to the Hungarian Enabling Act on 15...

Winners

The Hungarian Europe Society and its partners - as part of the 'EUritage' consortium led by WiseEuropa, a Warsaw-based...

One Percent

The group Civilizáció - the Hungarian Europe Society is its member - launched a joint campaign on 29 April 2020 asking...

What's Going On in Hungary?

István Hegedűs gave an online presentation to the working group on Europe, Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Young...

A balance of the first weeks

On 23 April 2020, the European Platform for Democratic Elections published HES chairwoman Zsuzsanna Végh’s analysis on...

The Liberal South East European Network in Action

LIBSEEN held an online meeting on "Liberal responses to the challenges of Covid-19" gathering in discussion liberal...

To American Students About Hungary

István Hegedűs was an invited speaker together with Timea Kodo and András Volom at the round-table discussion of...

Pre-selected Questions, So-called Press Conferences

The answer by István Hegedűs to the question of Judy Dempsey "Is the Coronavirus Breeding Disinformation Across Europe...

No more red lines left to cross

The analysis by HES chairwoman Zsuzsanna Végh concerning the so-called empowerment law of the Hungarian government...

Facing Expulsion?

István Hegedűs gave a distance lecture for students of ELTE University entitled "Fidesz and the European People's Party...

Dangerous Weapon

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 30 March 2020 about the approval of the...

Authoritarianism

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 24 March 2020 about the Hungarian authorisation...

Appeal by Prominent Europeans Demands a Single European Answer Against the Pandemics

István Hegedűs is among the signatories who calles for an EU answer to the coronavirus threat and an EU-wide plan...

Central Europe, the EU and myself

WINNERS of the competition In 1989 our region, Central and Eastern Europe rose up. The countries of the region...

Polarisation and cleavages

István Hegedűs gave a presentation entitled "Political Implications of the Refugee Crisis in Hungary, Central Europe...

After Brexit

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the new power relations inside the European Parliament and the likely...

Shrinking Space

István Hegedűs gave a short presentation about the Hungarian political climate at the conference of Das Progressive...