Changes in Hungary from American Perspective
Once again the Hungarian Europe Society organised the leadership program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States between 29 March and 3 April 2019 in Budapest and the Danube Bend.
Once again the Hungarian Europe Society organised the leadership program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States between 29 March and 3 April 2019 in Budapest and the Danube Bend.
Benjamin de Cleen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, made a presentation entitled "Populism, nationalism, and European politics" on 6 March 2019 in Budapest.
The Hungarian Europe Society was a host organiser of the "European Civics Academy" training led by The Good Lobby, a Brussels-based NGO.
Gábor Filippov, political scientist-historian, gave a presentation entitled "The Nature and Perspectives of the Hungarian Political Regime" on 15 February 2019.
On 9 January 2019 Volkmar Wenzel, ambassador of the German Federal Republic in Hungary made a presentation to members of the Hungarian Europe Society.
Members of the Hungarian Europe Society gave lectures at the annual final meeting of the organisation on 29 December 2018.
Openly questioning liberal democracy and openly abusing political power for serving corruption are equally dangerous for democracy, stability and Europe’s future. This was the conclusion of the discussion entitled "The future of the EU: Central and Eastern European Perspectives"
The Hungarian Europe Society and the German Marshall Fund of the United States organised the final event of the V4Europe project entitled "Turning the tide of populist authoritarianism. Mobilising a pro-European agenda in Central Europe" on 16 October 2018 at the Residence Palace in Brussels. The speakers were István Hegedűs and Zsuzsanna Szelényi as well as Benedek Jávor, Member of the European Parliament. The debate was moderated by Rosa Balfour, Senior fellow, Europe Program, GMF.
Fruzsina Albert, sociologist, Semmelweis University, made a presentation to members of the Hungarian Europe Society in Brussels on 4 October 2018.
The international workshop "From Populist, Illiberal Political Narratives to Conspiracy Theories and Fake News in the Visegrád Region and Beyond" organised by the Hungarian Europe Society and supported by the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit was held on 7 June 2018 at the conference room of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (Vörösmarty utca 47/A, H-1064 Budapest).
The research group of the Hungarian Europe Society presented its third report entitled "What Does the PERC Indicator Show?" about the attitudes of the Hungarian political parties towards the European Union on 28 March 2018 at the Center for Independent Journalism. Members of the team were Fanni Bársony, Emma Gothár, István Hegedűs, Györgyi Kocsis, Kata Nagy, Zsuzsanna Németh, Monika Pál, András Schweitzer, Zselyke Tófalvi, Erik uszkiewicz and Zsuzsanna Végh.
On 2 March 2018 Zsolt Boda, Director of the Institute for Political Science of the HAS Centre for Social Sciences made a presentation entitled "Trust and Distrust in Hungarian Politics".
Tamás Molnár, member of the Hungarian Europe Society, researcher at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna, made a presentation entitled "After the European refugee crisis - still in the same operational mode?" at the Brussels seat of HES on 1 February 2018.
On 3 January 2018 Tihamér Czika made a presentation entitled "Hungarians Abroad: Myths and Realities" at the traditional internal workshop of HES. Following the discussion, at the general assembly members re-elected the board: István Hegedűs will serve as chairman, Györgyi Kocsis, András Schweitzer and Zsuzsanna Végh as vice-chairpersons. Members of the supervisory board are Anita Bakos, Katalin Nagy and Zsófia Stahl.
András Kovács, Professor at the Central European University gave a presentation at the seat of the Hungarian Europe Society on 3 November 2017.