After the European Parliament elections, political movements have not slowed down, and the balance of power has changed in Hungary and in Europe. While the liberal Renew EU party family lost almost a quarter of its members, the newly formed right-wing Eurosceptic Patriots for Europe, composed mainly of ID members, became the strongest party alliance in the Hamrad party. The upcoming event of Republikon Institute in September will focus on the domestic and international aspects of these political changes.
The international panel will focus on the situation of liberals and liberalism in the European Union (and in the countries of the invited foreign guests) after Renew's recent decline in the number of seats in the EP for the next five-year term, but will also look at what the biggest challenges for liberals could be between now and 2029.
The focus of the domestic panel will be on how the elections (and what has happened since) have affected Hungary and Hungarian political parties in Europe: what are the ambitions of Viktor Orbán and Fidesz at European level, and how far will the creation of the Patriots' Group help them? What can we expect from the Tisza party representatives in the EPP and what can they expect from their European presence? What can Hungary expect from the new Commission, and what can the EU expect from Hungary in the light of the changed domestic political power relations?
Date and venue of the event:
- Tuesday 24 September 2024, 10:00-13:00
- 1074 Budapest, Dohány utca 13.
The planned programme:
10:00 - Opening
- Gábor Horn, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Republikon Institute
10:30 - International panel in English
- Vendula Kazlauskas - Project manager and research fellow at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) (Czechia)
- Piotr Beniuszys - Sociologist and political scientist, journalist and editor of Polish Liberté! (Poland)
- Branislav Vančo - Representative of Progressive Slovakia in the Slovakian National Council (Slovakia)
- Silvia Nadjivan - Senior researcher of NEOS Lab (Austria)
12:00 - Break
12:15 - National panel
- János Herman, former State Secretary for Public Administration, former NATO Ambassador
- Máté Kaló, foreign policy analyst
- Zsolt Kerner, journalist
- Györgyi Kocsis, journalist, former president of the Hungarian Europe Society
Technical information:
- The event is open to the public, the international panel will be in English, the home panel in Hungarian. Simultaneous translation will be provided for both sections.
- The event will be broadcast live on the Republikon Institute and on the event's Facebook page.
The event is free of charge, please register your interest in attending via this link.
Republikon is funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed at the event do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the funding organisation can be held responsible for them.
The event is supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.