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2010. July 07.
Recognition of Kosovo should be the first step
The broad thrust of European policy has long been the establishment of democracy and the promotion of stability. There are cases, though, where the two do not coincide, where stability is the enemy of democracy, because the status quo, though oppressive, guarantees stability in the short term.

2010. June 30.
The Power of Freedom - Central and Eastern Europe after 1945
The Centre for European Studies (CES), the political foundation of the European People’s Party (EPP), is pleased to invite you to a meeting with Mart Laar, Chairman of Estonia’s IRL Party and a former Prime Minister of Estonia, who will be launching in Brussels his book, entitled The Power of Freedom: Central and Eastern Europe after 1945. The Power of Freedom describes a gripping journey through the history of Central and Eastern Europe, mapping the anticommunist resistance and the changes of 1989. It offers a detailed analysis of alternative models of post-communist transition and successful integration of Central and Eastern European countries into the Euro–Atlantic structures. It is a book about courage and solidarity. It is also a book about freedom and democracy winning over fear and oppression. For all those who want to hear clear political opinions from an author who himself played an important role in the fall of communism and Europe’s changes in the last 20 years, this book, and its presentation, should not be missed. György Schöpflin's speech.

2010. June 17.
Kept in a trap?
The Gaza crisis has to be seen as a symptom of the profoundly difficult relationship between Israel and Palestine. Why has it been impossible to find a solution to the conflict between them? The easy answer is to blame one side or other for being the more responsible. Both sides profess that they do indeed want a peaceful outcome, but what actually takes place says something else.

2010. June 16.
A real cooperation between EU and Russia
Russia has a long running problem with the EU, seeing the West as primarily responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union, for the loss of superpower status and for the chaos of the Yeltsin years. At the same time, Russia faces a number of intractable problems, which ought to impel it towards looking for support from the West, but Moscow's dislike of the EU persists.

2010. June 07.
Trianon
This Europe of ours is enormously varied, perspectives are different and it can be hard work trying to understand one another’s problems and have them understood.

2010. April 30.
Reply to Denis MacShane
The edited and the original versions sent to the Newsweek by György Schöpflin.

2010. February 10.
The Accession Process: Adaption to the Requirements of the Acquis and of the Society
"EU membership provides a set of advantages in political, economic, cultural and even security terms."

2010. January 19.
The Trio Programme and the Water Shortage in Europe
Given its strategic location, Hungary is uniquely placed to put this issue on the European agenda.

2010. January 15.
MEPs scrutinise the new Commissioner nominees
Four MEPs Leader of the British Labour MEPs, Glenis Willmott, Geoffrey van Orden from the British Conservatives, German Liberal MEP, Alexander Lambsdorff, Hungarian centre right MEP, György Schöpflin, join Shirin Wheeler to discuss the hearings of the Commissioners designate.

2009. December 18.
Budget debate
Many of the participants in this debate have spoken about specific issues affecting the budget and these are of great importance. For my part, I would like to look at the big picture.

2009. December 16.
Georgia: Test Case of EU
The EU's relationship with Georgia raises far-reaching questions about what the EU is and what it aspires to. In many respects, this relationship is likely to be a test case of Europe's commitment to its proclaimed values of solidarity, human rights and democracy.

2009. October 22.
Promoting European Coherence
The European External Action service is, without any doubt, a potentially major element in the promotion of coherence in the EU’s relations with the rest of the world, says György Schöpflin

2009. October 21.
Budget 2010
It has become quite evident in the last few years that the institutions of the European Union are much less familiar to the citizens of Europe than should be the case, says György Schöpflin

2009. September 17.
Do we really need the North Stream?
Written statement on the Baltic Sea Strategy by György Schöpflin

2009. June 23.
"1989 with 20/20 hindsight"
The collapse came unexpectedly and neither the West nor the communist elites were prepared for the transformation. There was no intellectual input, just bureaucratic regulation, with some support from Western political parties, but the Social Democrats were more complicit with communism than was evident at the time.

2009. April 02.
"For Russia the EU is the problem"
"For Russia the EU is the problem, its success is a puzzle and, above all, it is an obstacle to the maximisation of Russia's power" - Prof. Schöpflin sad at the plenary debate on 1st of April.

2009. March 26.
"Azerbaijan is the potential energy supplier, in the simplest terms"
It should not just be the EU that Azerbaijan should be lobbing, but should also provide information to the world media - which is not happening. I don’t know for example whether Western knowledge might help Azerbaijan to overcome this situation. For the time being Azerbaijani case is presented rather weakly - Prof. Schöpflin sad in an interwiev with Saadat Kadyrova

2009. March 24.
One minute speech - Heiligenkreuz incinerator
In his one minute speech on 23rd March Prof. György Schöpflin MEP spoke against the incinerator planed on the Hungarian Austrian border, in Heiligenkreuz.

2009. January 14.
The Slovak-Hungarian 'cold war'
It seldom makes the headlines, but to anyone who follows these things, it's obvious - relations between Slovakia and Hungary could hardly be worse. It's no exaggeration to call it a kind of cold war.

2008. December 18.
The dangerous politics of market radicalism
The crisis of 2008 is a consequence of the pervasive impact of market-driven ideology and policy on political, economic and social life across the globe. The profound consequences - being felt severely in countries such as Hungary - demand a wholesale rethinking of the role of the state in modern societies.

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