This publication is the latest in our series of comprehensive annual overviews, focusing on developments, events and trends in Hungary in 2021, as well as an outlook on which topics we expect to dominate Hungarian politics in 2022.

The outlook on 2022 will be the topic of the panel discussion which will follow the presentation of “Hungarian Politics in 2021”. 

Date and time of the event: 20 January 2022 (Thursday), 10:00-12:00

ONLINE EVENT – ZOOM  

Programme: 

10:00–10:10 – Opening remarks

Jörg Bergstermann, Co-director of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung’s Budapest office 

10:10–10:30 – Presentation of “Hungarian Politics in 2021”

András Bíró-Nagy, Director, Policy Solutions

10:30–12:00 – Panel discussion: Outlook on politics, economy and society in Hungary in 2022

Márta Pardavi, Lawyer, Co-chair, Helsinki Committee

Zoltán Pogátsa, Economist, University of West Hungary, Editor-in-chief of Új Egyenlőség (New Equality) magazine  

Dorottya Szikra, Sociologist, Institute for Sociology, Center for Social Sciences (TK SZI)

Gábor Tóka, Political scientist, Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at the Central European University

Moderator of the event: Krisztina Bombera

The official language of the conference is English.