A38 Ship, Petőfi híd, Budai hídfő, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary, 12-13 November 2014
Working languages: English and Hungarian, simultaneous translation is provided
10:00 - 10:45 Illiberal Challenges against Europe – Welcome speeches
Giulio Ercolessi, Board member, ELF
Gábor Horn, Chairman of the board, Republikon Foundation
10:45 - 12:30 What should the EU do against euroskepticism? What position should it take on the question of illiberal democracy?
Gábor Fodor, president, Hungarian Liberal Party
Nils Erik Forsgård, director, Magma (Finland) (tbc)
Leszek Jazdzewski, editor in chief, Liberté! published by Fundacja Industrial! (Poland)
László Kovács, former foreign minister of Hungary, former EU commissioner
Moderator: Réka Csaba, Republikon Institute
12:30 - 13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:45 Illiberal democracy - Is a special Hungarian model emerging?
Zoltán Balázs, president, Hungarian Political Science Assocation
Péter Niedermüller, MEP, S&D (Hungary)
Zsuzsanna Szelényi, MP, Together Party for a New Era
Csaba Tóth, Director of strategy, Republikon Institute
Moderator: Zoltán Ceglédi, Republikon Institute