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Victory for the supporters of liberal democracy

István Hegedűs was asked about the behaviour of Viktor Orbán during the debate in the European Parliament about the...

In and Out

"The Article 7 procedure resembles rather an ethical procedure than a judicial one, by which a majority of Member...

European Solidarity

István Hegedűs participated at the conference organised by the Networking European Citizenship Education entitled „...

The Budget and the Hungarian Veto

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the debates on the multiannual financial framework of the European...

Europe in Hódmezővásárhely

By the invitation of Mayor Péter Márki-Zay and under his moderation, István Hegedűs participated at the public debate...

The European Zeitgeist

The views of István Hegedűs were quoted in the report of the Süddeutsche Zeitung about Viktor Orbán's political turns...

Judith Sargentini in Action

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 26 June 2018 about the approved rapport of the LIBE Committee of the...

Europe! Save Our Supreme Court!

On 4 June 2018 the Hungarian Europe Society signed an open letter sent to the European Commission by civil groups to...

Continuity and Change

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Hard Populism, Radicalised Political Communication, Politics of Fear:...

Eurobarometer

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 24 May 2018 about the results of the recent all-European survey....

Exchange

On 24 May 2018 the annual meeting of the Hungarian Europe Society elected Erik Uszkiewicz as vice-chairperson following...

Populism Under Scrutiny

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Hard Populism, Radicalised Political Communication, Politics of Fear...

Eleven Years After Accession

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 1 May 2018 about the relationship between the Hungarian government and...

Against the Wind

Kata Nagy participated at the Civic Engagement Forum in Warsaw hosted by the Fundacja Edukacja dla Demokracji on 23-25...

The Hungarian Example

On 24 April 2018 András Radnóti delivered a talk on migration governance in Hungary at the Mukachevo State University...

A Pig On the Streets of Brussels

The Austrian writer, Robert Menasse was asked by István Hegedűs about his book "Die Hauptstadt" published in Hungarian...

In or Out?

"There is a huge tension inside the European People's Party at the moment because of Fidesz and Viktor Orbán", claimed...

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Can Civil Society Defeat Illiberalism?

The answer by István Hegedűs to Judy Dempsey's question was published on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 12 April 2018....

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Orbán Balancing Between the European People's Party and the Radical Right

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 11 April 2018 discussing how the Hungarian Prime Minister influences...

After the Victory

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Il Fatto Quotidiano about the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 10 April...

Sweeping Fidesz Victory

The opinion of István Hegedűs was quoted in a New York Times article on 8 April 2018 about Viktor Orbán. “At each...

Orbán Ante Portas

NRC Handelsblad quoted the opinion of István Hegedűs about Viktor Orbán in its article on Hungary on 6 April 2018. “His...

Thriller in Hungary

The analysis written by István Hegedűs was published about the political calculations before the Hungarian elections in...

Open Letter to JCDecaux Hungary

The Hungarian Europe Society, together with many other civil organisations, protested against the incendiary...

What If Fidesz Has a 2/3 Majority in the Parliament?

The interview of István Hegedűs was published in Regard sur l’Est online in French and English before the...

Will Orbán Win Again?

István Hegedűs' opinion about the Hungarian parliamentary elections was asked by Pravda from Bratislava on 31 March...

The Last Thirty Years

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Eurozóna in Klubrádió on 30 March 2018 about the relations between Hungary and the...

Europe Through the Eyes of the Parties

"Europe of the Future - Hungary inside the Europe of the Future" was the title of the round-table discussion organised...

Two-speed Europe?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 14 March 2018 about the reform plans of the euro area. He emphasised...

Roadshow

A dozen Hungarian NGO-s, members of "Civilizáció" umbrella organization, introduced themselves in Miskolc on 7 March...

Is Central Europe Damaging EU Enlargement?

István Hegedűs was one of the experts who answered Judy Dempsey's question on Carnegie Europe's blog on 28 February...

Budget, Rule of Law, Solidarity

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 23 February...

Discussion at the Buda Liberal Club

What are the consequences of the "unorthodox" economic policy of the last 8 years in Hungary? Are the artificially...

For Free and Fair Elections

On 19 February 2018 Györgyi Kocsis gave an interview to Lánchídrádió about the initiative of the Hungarian Europe...

Against Corruption

On 7 February 2018 HES joined the initiative of Civilizáció, which aims to reduce the level of corruption in Hungary....

Strasbourg

On 29 January 2018 fourteen Hungarian civil organisations, including HES, submitted a joint appeal to the European...

Open Letter

For the initiative of the Hungarian Europe Society, civil society organisations appealed to Sólrún Gísladóttir,...

The Troublemaker

István Hegedűs was quoted in a long article published by the Financial Times about Viktor Orbán on 25 January 2018: “...

Illiberals and Refugees

István Hegedűs was one of the guest speakers at the roundtable entitled "Perspectives on Migration in the European...

Stop Civil!

On 19 January 2018 the Hungarian Europe Society protested against the bill called "Stop Soros!" at a joint press...

Summit

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the leaders of the EU member states on 14 December...

The European Parliament and the European Commission in Action

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 8 December 2017 about the public hearing in the LIBE Committee of the...

The European Experience

The online booklet was published in the framework of the EUbyCitizens project managed by Maison de l'Europe...

Pole and Hungarian: Two Friends

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 November 2017 following the vote of the European Parliament to...

Karolina Boiret (Uniwersytet Warszawski), Michał Czerniawski (Vrije Universitet Brussel), Aleksandra Szczerba-Zawada (Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża) and István Hegedűs (Hungarian Europe Society)

State Propaganda in the Hungarian Media

István Hegedűs participated at the policy forum entitled "Migration Crisis as a Challenge for Democracy" at the...

Populism Here, Populism There

István Hegedűs participated at the worskhop "Fragility and Resilience of Democracies in Europe. Where now for...

What About My Engagement?

On 26 October 2017 at an event in Debrecen organised by Civilizáció, a grouping of Hungarian civil organizations...

Hungary’s Future in the European Union

István Hegedűs made a presentation for students of the Institute for Political Studies of the Bergische Universität...

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...

NGO Consultation

Judit Bayer represented HES at a workshop organised by the Eötvös Károly Institute (EKINT) and the Budapest Goethe...

Orbán Has Not Decided, Yet

L'Espresso published an article by Stefano Giantin on 15 October 2017 about two nationalist-populist EU member...

Pressure and Solidarity

Salil Shetty, Secretary General of the Amnesty International met representatives of Hungarian NGO-s, including...

Brussels and the "Soros Plan"

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the potential reaction of the European Commission to the new national...

Weiter, Merkel!

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the German parliamentary elections on 25 September 2017...

The State of the Union

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 13 September 2017 about the speech of Jean-Claude Juncker, President...

Protest Is Going On

On 29 August 2017 HES and twenty-two other NGO-s filed a challenge with Hungary's constitutional court...

EU by Citizens Project

Visa-free Europe Coalition

Do We Have European Citizen Rights?

HES Publications

Facing the Tide

The publication titled Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge was issued by the Hungarian Europe Society in January 2026. ...

Open Space

Európai nők

In May 2025, the Hungarian European Society published the posters from the "Európai nők" exhibition, created as part of the...
Open Space

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody: Dancing with Dependency - Impacts of Lex OZE III on Czech Energy Security and Renewable Investments
Open Space

Mothers of Europe Project Publication Is Out

“Who were the Mothers of Europe?” Members of a consortium from the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland and Hungary sought answers to this question in a new edited volume and with the posters...
Open Space

What Can Liberals and Democrats Fight With? Finding a Winning Narrative in the High-stakes 2024 European Elections

The publication titled "What Can Liberals and Democrats Fight With?
Open Space

The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Vision, Strategy, Competition. Parties and Civil Society

The publication "The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Strategy, Vision, Competition, Parties, Civil Society" has been issued by the Hungarian Europe Society in June 2023. ...
Open Space

The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Strategy, Vision, Competition, Parties, Civil Society

Summary of a Hungarian experts' workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society, 20 April 2023
Open Space

MACI Campaign

The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.