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Hungarians in Favour of EU Membership

István Hegedűs evaluated a survey about the attitudes of the Hungarians towards the European Union published by...

Secrets of the Power

Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the training of the Create/React program in Berlin in the framework of the...

Billboard War

István Hegedűs gave an interview to ANSA news agency about the anti-immigrant campaign of the Hungarian government...

Free or Not Free?

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Changing Hungary: the latest manoeuvres of the government to control the...

An Article of Two Ministers

István Hegedűs was interviewed in Klubrádió on 10 June 2015 about the publication in the Guardian by Emmanuel...

Security and Liberty

In June 2015 a new book entitled "The Rule of Law and Terrorism" edited by Petra Bárd was published by...

Fact-checking

Common declaration of 15 NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society on the allegations of the government...

Which Way for Europe?

György Petőcz made a presentation representing HES at the event European Dialogue organised by the Václav...

Fresh Conflicts

On 30 May 2015 in Brussels, István Hegedűs made a presentation to students of the Eszterházy Károly College, Eger...

Illiberal Experiment

The view of István Hegedűs about the latest Hungarian political development was cited in Politico Europe on...

Human Rights or Security Issue?

On 19 May István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Czech Radio about the Hungarian consultation started by the...

The Hungarian Case

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "How to call you: the Orbán-regime" at the conference "...

Once Again against the European Union

István Hegedűs gave an interview in Klubrádió on 30 April 2015 about the latest critical remarks to the statements of...

Change of Mood

The opinion of István Hegedűs was cited about the political situation in Hungary in an article published in ...

Networking

On 13 March 2015 István Hegedűs, Györgyi Kocsis and Attila Bartha met with members of the French Cosmopolitan...

Politics and Corruption

István Hegedűs talked about the early epoch of Fidesz in ATV's "Doku" program on 10 March 2015.

Merkel Followed by Putin

István Hegedűs was interviewed in the online publications of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on 17...

Stories about Lajos Simicska

István Hegedűs talked about the economic strong man of Fidesz in an article published in Vasárnapi Hírek on...

Viktor Orbán and Lajos Simicska

István Hegedűs gave two interviews in Klubrádió on 9 February 2015 about the open conflict which emerged between the...

The War Between Orbán and Simicska

Pravda, the Slovak newspaper asked for the views of István Hegedűs on 9 February about the conflict between...

How Did It Happen in Hungary?

Attila Bartha gave a presentation about Hungary's Experience in EU Economic Integration at the workshop "...

Angela Merkel in Budapest

On 30 January 2015 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the visit of the German Chancellor in Hungary.

Do We Have European Citizen Rights?

István Hegedűs participated at the preparatory meeting of the common project "Citizen-rights Europe" organised by...

Mourning

Elemér Hankiss, member of the advisory board of the Hungarian Europe Society, died at age 86 on 10 January 2015.

Which Way To Go?

Györgyi Kocsis gave an interview to the Civil Rádió programme '117 minutes' on 6 January 2015 ...

Action Plan for National Defence

István Hegedűs was asked in Klubrádió on 6 January 2015 whether there is a real risk of a foreign attack against...

Growing Concern in the West

“It’s now very well known in the international media that we’re on a very dangerous track toward a more and more...

Systemic Problems

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió on 17 December 2014 about the report on Hungary issued by Nils Muižnieks...

Disrespect for European Values in Hungary, 2010-2014

On 24 November 2014 the Hungarian Europe Society signed the analysis prepared by four Hungarian NGOs (the...

Hungarian Exceptionalism?

István Hegedűs gave a presentation about the media policy of the Orbán-Government entitled "Media freedom, public...

CIA, GMF, FAZ

On 14 November 2014, in Hír TV, István Hegedűs reacted to an interview by Udo Ulfkotte which was broadcast...

The Hungarian Government and Europe

István Hegedűs gave an interview to AlJazeera Balkans about the relationship between Hungary and the European...

The Hungarian Case Once Again on the Agenda

On 22 October 2012, István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the plenary debate on Hungary in the European...

The American Connection

An interview with István Hegedűs about the conflict between Hungary and the United States of America was published in...

More or Less About the Union?

Two Elections In Hungary - EU News In the Campaigns (2014) was the title of the roundtable discussion which was...

The Place of Navracsics

István Hegedűs gave an interview to ATV about the division of portfolios in the European Commission on 16...

The Performance of Navracsics

On 16 October 2014, the weekly "168 Óra" published the opinion of István Hegedűs about the hearing of the Hungarian...

The Hardships of the Hungarian Commissioner Candidate

HVG published the article of Györgyi Kocsis entitled "Megszorongatott Navracsics" on 11th October 2014.

Reshuffling the Portfolios Inside the European Commission

István Hegedűs talked about the hearings of the commissioner candidates in the European Parliament in Klubrádió on 9...

The Failure of Navracsics

The opinion of István Hegedűs was published in Origo about the decision of the political groups in the European...

The Chances of Navracsics

On 3 October 2014, István Hegedűs talked about the hearing of the Hungarian candidate commissioner in the European...

Swing

István Hegedűs made a presentation entitled "Orbán's Shuttlecock Policy between East and West" at the conference...

The Exam of Navracsics

On 22 September 2014, István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió about the hearing of the Hungarian commissioner...

The Portfolio of Navracsics

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the online journal Origo on 10 September 2014 about the tasks of commissioner-...

Should Scotland Be an Independent Country?

The answer of István Hegedűs to the question raised by Judy Dempsey was published on the website of Carnegie...

Two Prime Ministers, Different Problems

A post on David Cameron and Viktor Orbán by István Hegedűs was published at the online forum of The European...

Sanctions Against Hungary?

István Hegedűs talked about the international criticism of the Hungarian government in ATV on 21 August 2014.

Pan-European Picnic

On 19 August 2014, in Klubrádió, István Hegedűs talked about the opening of the borders between Austria and Hungary and...

Illiberal Democracy?

On 7 August 2014, the weekly 168 óra published an interview with István Hegedűs about Viktor Orbán's speech...

The Decline of the West?

In her article published on 2 August 2014 in the Bulgarian daily Capital, Marina Staneva asked the opinion of...

Political and Economic Transformation

István Hegedűs participated at the Warsaw Forum 2014 entitled „Looking Back and Ahead: 25 Years of Changes,...

Judy Dempsey Asks

The opinion of István Hegedűs was published on the blog of Carnegie Europe on 12 June 2014 whether Angela...

Media and Politics: Systemic Change

"Media freedom, public sphere, political communication: Hungarian exceptionalism?” was the title of the lecture held by...

Conflicts and Scenarios

István Hegedűs presented his views about the relations between the European Union and Hungary to the student group of...

The Third Elections

István Hegedűs made a lecture entitled "Have the European Parliament Elections Been Europeanised in Hungary in 2014?"...

Even Europe Is In Danger?

István Hegedűs made a presentation at the "Difficult Dialogues: European colloquium on dialogue facilitation"...

Europe Made Its Decision

An interview with István Hegedűs about the results of the European Parliament elections was published in...

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.