The Hungarian Europe Society organised a workshop entitled "Illiberal democracies – what can the European Union do in case a member state regularly and systematically breaches European values and regulations?" on 24 April 2015 in Hotel Marmara, Budapest.
List of participants
Concept
This was the title of the analysis given by Károly Banai, foreign and security policy expert, former Hungarian ambassador in Brussels and chief government advisor on 17 February 2015, putting the present Ukrainian-Russian conflict into broad global political and energy-market contexts.
M. André Goodfriend, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Budapest gave a presentation to members of HES on 21 January 2015 about the U.S. - Hungarian relations.
HES held its traditional annual workshop this time at the beginning of the year, on 3 January 2015. Members of the Society held presentations: firstly, Tamás Fóti spoke about the subject of "Juncker's Programme: Set a Thief to Catch a Thief?", secondly Gergely Brückner talked about the most important actors and mechanisms of the Fidesz economic heartland, and about the politically driven world of the oligarchs in Hungary, finally György Petőcz elaborated the new waves of Hungarian anti-governmental demonstrations organised on Facebook.
Sándor Meisel, senior researcher of the Institute of World Economics at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences talked about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on 21 October 2014.
On 10 September 2014, Roger Golland, a British diplomat and political analyst talked to the members of the Hungarian Europe Society about the possible outcomes of the referendum on Scottish independence to be held on 18 September 2014, and its European implications in the contexts of the rise of nationalisms in Europe and the financial-economic crisis.
Charles Gati, senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, was the guest of the Hungarian Europe Society on 16 March 2014.
"Legal instruments and political challenges at European level: options between infringement procedures and sanctions" was the title of the presentation held by Kim Lane Scheppele, constitutional lawyer at Princeton University in Café Spinoza on 22 January 2014.
At the traditional annual workshop on 27 December 2013 organised by HES, members of the Society held presentations. First, Attila Bartha elaborated the main theses of the study "Changes of the Hungarian pension system from the perspective of political science", then, Zsuzsanna Végh talked about the report "Certificate of Hungary's Foreign Relations".
At the traditional annual workshop on 27 December 2013 organised by HES, members of the Society held presentations. First, Attila Bartha elaborated the main theses of the study "Changes of the Hungarian pension system from the perspective of political science", then, Zsuzsanna Végh talked about the report "Certificate of Hungary's Foreign Relations".
Gábor Iványi, head of the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship talked about the relation of politics and church to members of the Hungarian Europe Society on 20 November 2013 at Central Bistro.
Tamás Boros, director of Policy Solutions made a presentation entitled "Which political group is going to win the European Parliament elections in 2014?" on 28 October 2013.
Supported by Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit.
Invitation
The Hungarian Europe Society (HES) cordially invites you to its international conference entitled “European Citizens' Initiative for Media Pluralism: the State of the European Union and Hungary”.
Krekó Péter, analyst of the Political Capital think tank, held a presentation entitled "Will the European Union Serve as the Chief Enemy in the Hungarian Election Campaign?" on 4 September 2013 at Spinoza café.
"Az Európai Unió lesz a főellenség a választási kampányban?" címmel tartott előadást Krekó Péter, a Political Capital elemzője 2013. szeptember 4-én a Spinoza kávézóban.
