Dear students,

András Schweitzer, a Hungarian academician from Budapest, comes September 26 and you have a unique opportunity to discusss with him the current situation in Hungary. Since the topic is very broad, Mr. Schweitzer starts to speak about the relationship between Hungary and EU, but than during the discussion, you of course may ask him for example about the backsliding of democracy in the country etc. Here I give you some suggestions for further reading... (it would be good, if you could read at least two of them)

1/ Zselyke Csaky: The End of Viktor Orban’s Peacock Dance (https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/14/the-end-of-viktor-orbans-peacock-dance-hungary-eu-article-7-epp-european-parliament/)

2/ Hinshaw and Walker: In Orban’s Hungary, a Glimpse of Europe’s Demise (https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-orbans-hungary-a-glimpse-of-europes-demise-1533829885)

3/ Krekó and Enyedi: Explaining Eastern Europe: Orbán’s Laboratory of Illiberalism (https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/article/explaining-eastern-europe-orb%C3%A1n%E2%80%99s-laboratory-illiberalism)

4/ Bozóki and Hegedüs 2018: An externally constrained hybrid regime: Hungary in the European Union (see study materials)

See you next Wednesday

Vratislav Havlík