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The Protest Goes On

On 12 September 2017 thirty-one Hungarian NGO-s, including HES, signed a joint declaration to draw the...

Berlin and Budapest

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 11 September 2017 about German governmental reactions to the ruling of...

The Limits of Propaganda

András Schweitzer's opinion piece was published in the Guardian "Why Viktor Orbán has a problem turning his...

Solidarity: One-Way Street

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 6 September 2017 about the ruling of the European Court of Justice...

On the Ruling of the European Court of Justice

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Hír TV about the trial on the so-called refugee quotas that was lost by the...

Brussels Should Pay!

István Hegedűs' view was quoted in Il Piccolo on 2 September 2017 about the fresh request of the Hungarian...

Deteriorating Situation in Eastern Europe

Tamás Fóti represented HES at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum of the European Union in Brussels on 11-12...

Will the CEU Remain in Budapest?

István Hegedűs gave an interview about the Hungarian government's policy against the Central European...

Who Will Conduct Brexit Negotiations?

István Hegedűs was one of the guests of the event entitled "Early Elections in Britain" organised by...

The Last Stop

István Hegedűs, Zsófia Stahl and András Schweitzer participated at the final meeting of the EUbyCitizens project...

A New Élan

István Hegedűs answered to the question of Judy Dempsey "Is France Europe’s Redeemer?" on the blog of...

To the Attention of Jean-Claude Juncker

The Hungarian Europe Society sent an open letter to the President of the European Commission on 5 May 2017...

Thirteen Years in the European Union

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 1 May 2017.

Orbán Facing the Presidency of the European People

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the relationship between Fidesz and its European party family on 1...

Is Populism on the Run?

István Hegedűs answered Judy Dempsey's question on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 26 April 2017.

Write an E-mail!

Hungarian NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society, started a campaign on 26 April 2017 asking citizens...

Enemies of Viktor Orban

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Irish Times about the political thinking of the Hungarian Prime...

We are civil society, we are free, we are Hungarians and we are Europeans

The Hungarian Europe Society was one of the initiators of the demonstration held on 12 April 2017 at Heroes Square...

Orbán and the CEU

On 9 April 2017 Index published an interview by Gergely Brückner with István Hegedűs about the reasons of the...

Forty Minutes Europe

István Hegedűs was the guest of the program "Bánó és Bolgár" in TV13 on 5 April 2017.

Civil Society Solidarity

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Radio France International in Romania about the actions of the government...

Solidarity with the CEU

The Central European University in Budapest has been under attack by the Hungarian Orbán-government. On 31 March 2017,...

Next Station

Zsófia Stahl and András Schweitzer participated at the workshop of the EuropebyCitizens project in Bucharest ...

White Paper

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the alternative scenarios concerning the future of the European...

Wilders Was Stopped

István Hegedűs talked about the Dutch parliamentary elections in Klubrádió on 16 March 2017.

Relocation and Resettlement

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the refugee policy of the European Commission on 3 March 2017.

Counterrevolution

Takis Pappas, visiting scholar at the Central European University made a presentation entitled "What do the people...

A Twofold Task

István Hegedűs' answer to Judy Dempsey's question „Should the EU Sanction Its Members?” was published on...

I Want to Teach

HES supported the demonstration of NGO-s for the reform of the Hungarian education system on 5 February 2017.

Strategic Planning

András Radnóti participated at the workshop of the Liberal South East European Network in Sofia on 23-24 January 2017.

Political and Social Transformation in Hungary and Europe

András Schweitzer participated in a round table discussion organised for students of the New York University at the...

Daily Life Europe

István Hegedűs and Zsófia Stahl participated at the workshop of the EuropebyCitizens project in Barcelona on...

The Hungarian Crisis

István Hegedűs made a presentation to members of the European Journalist Association of Catalunya in the building of...

The Principle of Mutual Trust

Petra Bárd, member of HES made a presentation entitled "Freedom, Security and Justice in Europe: Is Federal Regulation...

Trump in Budapest

István Hegedűs' article about the impacts of the US election on Hungary was published in the periodical Welt...

NGO-s in Crosshair

On 5 January 2017 Jerzy Celichowski, former vice president of HES published a piece on the Polish ngo.pl ...

A Dramatic Year

On 28 December 2016, HES held its traditional annual workshop where HES members made presentations to HES members. The...

In the Shadow of Aleppo

István Hegedűs talked in Klubrádió about the European Council meeting on 15 December 2016.

The European Experience

Zsófia Stahl and Tamás Fóti participated at the working meeting of the EUbyCitizens project, organised...

Unmasking an Agent

The Romanian newspaper Gorj Domino distributed fake news linking a Romanian political activist through the...

Democracy, good governance, human rights

On 28-29 November 2016 Brussels hosted the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Annual Assembly under the title...

A Complex Task

István Hegedűs was one of the experts who answered Judy Dempsey's question "Is Populism Here to Stay?" on...

5 Euros, 5 Years

On 17 November 2016 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the proposal of the European Commission on the...

From 1956 to 2016

István Hegedűs participated at the meeting entitled "Using memory: when refugees make history" organised by...

Who Benefits from a Federal Europe?

László Bruszt, Visiting Professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, made a presentation on 3 November 2016.

Sixty Years After

On 1 November 2016 István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Czech Radio about the history conceptualisation of...

Further Enlargement of the European Union

András Schweitzer participated at the event "The future of the EU and enlargement to Southeast Europe" ...

Refugees, NGO-s, Media

Kata Nagy participated at the workshop "Civil society's public response to refugee crisis" organised by the...

Modern Populism and Viktor Orbán

István Hegedűs made a presentation at a conference of the European Sociological Association entitled "(Dis)...

Dividing Memories

István Hegedűs gave an interview to a RAI News report on the Hungarian government's interpretation of the...

What to do in Europe?

Zsófia Stahl, at the invitation of the Polish Institute of Public Affairs, participated at a preparatory project...

Referendocracy

István Hegedűs participated at the event "Will referenda lead to strengthening or weakening of European democracy...

Are Referenda Dangerous?

István Hegedűs replied to the question of Judy Dempsey on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 12 October 2016.

Referendum in a Transit Country

On 4 October 2016 István Hegedűs was interviewed by the Greek newspaper Epohi about the Hungarian referendum...

Frozen Conflict

András Radnóti participated at the security policy event organised by LIBSEEN in Chisinau from 30 September...

Nils Muižnieks

Hegedűs István beszélt a Klubrádióban 2016. szeptember 30-án az Európa Tanács emberi jogi biztosának a magyar kormány...

Hungarians and Americans

David van Cleve, First Counsellor of the Embassy of the United States of America to Hungary was the guest of HES in...

The Response of the Visegrad Countries to the Refugee Crisis

Media Pluralism Campaign

Public Administration Reform

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.