CEU Democracy Institute

The #Democracy Institute builds on @CEU’s tradition of world-class #research and societal engagement, focusing on the decline and revival of democracies.

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💬📺 Our researcher Balint Magyar spoke with BBC Hungary for a report on the release of the "agent files," the documents relating to the informant network of Hungary's communist-era secret services.

Read what he said:
👉 https://t.co/idJdLCjPh3

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✍️ If the enthusiasm of the EC President and Canadian PM is any indication of how significant the EU-Canada arrangement will be, its democratic legitimation is vital, our Post-doctoral Researcher Jacquelyn Veraldi argues on @EulawLive. 🇪🇺🇨🇦

Details:
👉 https://t.co/HaKfRWiBce

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Mark your calendar for the next seminar of our Inequalities and Democracy Workgroup!

🗣️ @EkinGner
🗣️ Anil Duman
🗣️ Vera Messing

🗓️ Nov 16, 1:30pm CEST
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/wOcW231XLb

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🔜📚 Don’t forget to join us and CEU Romani Studies Program TOMORROW for this book discussion with Angela Kocze, Dorit Geva, Vita Zalar, Sebijan Fejzula, and Lucija Balikic!

⏰ Nov 11, 6pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15.

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/AA7CpL7IHV

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✍️📄 Robert Nemeth, Co-Managing Editor of our @RevDem2020, assesses Hungary’s compliance with the European Media Freedom Act and changes since the elections in this report published by @globalfreemedia and @MedJournResCen. 🇭🇺🇭🇺

Details:
👉 https://t.co/HX2Z1MC6oa

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✍️ On Verfassungsblog, @KimLaneLaw, our Senior Visiting Researcher @ProfPech, and @kisilowski examine the legal background and implications of the suspension of two judges at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal. 🇵🇱🧑‍⚖️

Details:
👉 https://t.co/zu9LKp3G21

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🔜 Don’t forget to register now and join us on Monday for this seminar with @SzabKri76690096!

⏰ Nov 9, 3pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13

Details:
👉 https://t.co/ZkAublriid
Registration:
👉 https://t.co/ImEGxOYQsa

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✍️ "In toppling their own country's strongman, Serbia's new student-led opposition offers important lessons for those defending democracy elsewhere," our Research Affiliate Filip Milacic writes on @ProSyn. 🇷🇸🇷🇸🗳️

Details:
👉 https://t.co/seBB0lrcTM

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Mark your calendar for is book presentation co-organized with CEU Romani Studies Program!

🗣️ Angela Kocze
🗣️ Dorit Geva
🗣️ Vita Zalar
🗣️ Sebijan Fejzula
🗣️ Lucija Balikic

🗓️ Nov 11, 6pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15.

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/AA7CpL7IHV

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🗞️@Telexhu published a five-part article series on the Hungarian elections based on our research. 🇭🇺🗳️

✍️Our Post-doctoral Researcher @boralexander1 wrote three of them, while our Senior Research Fellow @enyedi_zsolt co-authored the last one.

Details:
👉 https://t.co/glOpeX9gB2

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💬🗞️ In an interview with @NedeljnikVreme, our researcher Balint Magyar explains his concept of the "mafia state" and describes how such regimes use ideology instrumentally rather than being driven by it.

Details:
👉 https://t.co/qPY6o9jCcC

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🔜📚 Don’t forget to join us for this book discussion with Yulia Gradskova, @ievabisi, Soheyla Yazdanpanah, @DorottyaSzikra, @EvaFodor_CEU, and @AndreaKrizsan1.

⏰ Nov 5, 5pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15.

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/QkwhL6w6uU

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Mark your calendar for the next Rooftop Seminar of our De- and Re-Democratization Workgroup!

🗣️ @SzabKri76690096

🗓️ Nov 9, 3pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13

Details:
👉 https://t.co/ZkAublrQ7L
Registration:
👉 https://t.co/ImEGxOZohI

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🔜 Don’t forget to register now and join us TOMORROW for this seminar with @RomanZinigrad and @SarahGanty!

⏰ Nov 3, 5pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/2fKL20tnLX

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📣Our Rule of Law Clinic published the third edition of this report, which offers a synthetic assessment of the EU’s performance and identifies progress but also persistent challenges and arguable violations of EU rule of law requirements.🇪🇺🧑‍⚖️

Details:
👉https://t.co/dtLw9n1gAk

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🔜 Register now and join us, @AsiaSociety, @ecfr, and @Pol_Cap on Monday for this discussion!

🗣️ @FGodement
🗣️ Pascale Massot
🗣️ @yukyung_yeo
🗣️ Evan Medeiros

🗓️ Nov 2, 5:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/WH0t1iPFp8

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Mark your calendar for the next Count Kalergi Seminar of our Rule of Law Workgroup!

🗣️ @RomanZinigrad
🗣️ @SarahGanty

🗓️ Nov 3, 5pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/2fKL20sPWp

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💬🗞️ Our Research Affiliate @peterkreko is quoted in a @ForeignPolicy article on how the propaganda machine built by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban can be dismantled. 🇭🇺🇭🇺

Read what he said:
👉 https://t.co/b79q6mMDdb

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Mark your calendar for the next presentation in our series!

🗣️ Yulia Gradskova
🗣️ @ievabisi
🗣️ Soheyla Yazdanpanah
🗣️ @DorottyaSzikra
🗣️ @EvaFodor_CEU
🗣️ @AndreaKrizsan1

🗓️ Nov 5, 5pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15.

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/QkwhL6w6uU

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🔜 Don’t forget to join us TOMORROW for this lecture!

🗣️ Silvia Marton

⏰ Oct 29, 6pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nádor u. 15 / online

Details and registration:
👉 https://t.co/4wKiFHed51