Category Archives: social background HU

About the rule of law – Declaration of the Hungarian Student Network and the Hungarian High School Network

Posted on February 11, 2013 by biocsibe

Today’s proposal for a constitutional amendment has made it obvious – even for those who so far doubted it – that the government is openly dismantling the system of checks and balances. According to Article 12 of the proposal, the … Continue reading →

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Agnes Heller – On the Danger of Totalitarianism

Posted on February 6, 2013 by ellenpolus

The Nexus Institute invited the speakers of the Nexus Conference ‘How to Change the World’ to grant us a short interview. All speakers accepted and shared their valuable insights. http://vimeo.com/57676347 Interviews by Fiona Schouten and Eveline van der Ham Video … Continue reading →

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Guardian: Hungary’s rabid right is taking the country to a political abyss

Posted on February 5, 2013 by ellenpolus

“Most Gypsies are not suitable for cohabitation. They are not suitable for being among people. Most are animals, and behave like animals. They shouldn’t be tolerated or understood, but stamped out. Animals should not exist. In no way.” Zsolt Bayer, … Continue reading →

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Blurring Boundaries: Hungarian Leader Adopts Policies of Far-Right

Posted on February 1, 2013 by ellenpolus

Internationally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán likes to present himself as a champion of democracy. At home, though, he is implementing one policy after the other that is inspired by the right-wing extremist Jobbik party. Too often, Brussels downplays the … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Hungarian Government

Posted on January 28, 2013 by ellenpolus

28/01/2013 The Forum of European Roma Young People FERYP and PAKIV European Network, the undersigned Roma youth networks, write to you to express our serious concerns about the newspaper column of the last January 5, written by Zsolt Bayer, founding … Continue reading →

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Divisions among protesters over agreements with the government

Posted on January 25, 2013 by ellenpolus

Commenting on the preliminary agreements between the Ministry of Human Resources and protesting teachers’ trade unions and student organisations, Népszabadság believes the government has managed to divide the protest movements which forced it to retreat before the Christmas holidays. budapost.eu … Continue reading →

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Teachers and their students: the Hungarian situation

Posted on January 25, 2013 by ellenpolus

Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói … Continue reading →

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