Folders

2009. június 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. április 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. március 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. január 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.

2008. december 15.
CFSP and its global context
You can read here the Free Europe Discussions'programme about the CFSP and its global context, György Schöpflins' opening speech and the concept of Fidesz about the CFSP entitled "Fidesz’s Vision for the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: “A Strong Europe, A Thriving Nation".

2008. október 15.
Minorities, citizenship and Europe
At the heart of the problem of minorities is the failure of democratic theory and forms of citizenship to develop an adequate response to collectivities which have a different ethnic identity to that of the ethnic majority.

2008. október 09.
One minute speech about the symbols of the European Union
György Schöpflin's one minute speech at the plenary sitting on 9. October on the Carnero-report concerning the use of the symbols in the European Union

2008. október 09.
The Town of Kőszeg and its Micro-region
Mr György Schöpflin cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of the Exhibition "The Town of Kőszeg and its Micro-region" on 14th October 2008 at 6 P.M. European Parliament ASP "Espace Rdch Couloir" level 0.

2008. szeptember 04.
Former Soviet states also have inalienable rights

2008. szeptember 02.
Russia and the West Are a World Apart
The events of the last few weeks have made it clearer than ever that Russia has no place in Europe.

2008. június 25.
Democracy and referenda: a rejoinder to Gisela Stuart
The experience of modern European history demonstrates the advantages of representative democracy and the ill effects of direct democracy as embodied in referenda, writes George Schöpflin.

2008. június 17.
The referendum: populism vs democracy
The idea of the referendum as an instrument of the people's will rests on pre-democratic assumptions, says George Schöpflin.

2008. április 15.
Authoritarian capitalism and sovereign economic actors
Professor Schöpflin gives a clear analysis in his recent article about the real role of Russia, and its behaviour in the globlalized world- what we are seeing is the rise of sovereign economic actors that mimic some of the qualities of multinationals, but simultaneously retain the political and legal protection enjoyed by state sovereignty. The entire problem is exacerbated by the ideologues of globalisation who cannot or will not see the problem of the non democratic actors' entry into the global system. Read the full article here.

2008. április 01.
Unfair to FIDESZ

2008. március 03.
The mess in Hungary – a reply to János Kis
No one even remotely familiar with the Hungarian political, economic or social situation will disagree with János Kis’s diagnosis (Issue 6, page 6, Hungary at a political dead end) – the country is in a mess and desperately needs solutions. There are two areas, however, where Kis’s analysis needs refinement.

2008. január 22.
United Europe, United History
The 2004 enlargement of the EU has thrown up an unexpected problem - what is the full history of Europe? What is to be included in this history, especially when it comes to the most recent period, since 1945? And how is Europe to deal with its two different histories, that of the West with its maturing democratic institutions and that of Central and South-Eastern Europe which had to undergo 45 years of communist dictatorship? If these two experiences are not brought into a single, broad European history, the European present becomes more difficult to understand, as Europeans will remain partial strangers to one another, making communication and cooperation significantly harder.

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Member of the european parliament