Working in EU Countries: Motives and Hindrances
One in every four EU citizens would either probably or definitely leave their home country to work in another EU member state in the next ten years.
The Five Elements of Jobbik’s Foreign Policy
The organizing principle of Jobbik’s foreign policy is being against the West and mainly the USA.
Intensifying Euroscepticism in East Central Europe
In 2013, Republikon Institute carried out a project funded by the Friedrich Neumann Foundation, called Intensifying Euroscepticism in East Central Europe.
Human Dignity vs. Freedom of Expression
Punishing or silencing individual opinions is not acceptable, if they do not conflict with any categories of fundamental criminal law – even if they are clearly offensive or insulting to certain groups.
Does Voters Registration Really Produce More Informed Voters?
Concerning political knowledge, the Hungarian society occupies an average place amongst European countries. When it comes to reasoning of the new electoral
Hungarian Parties in Halftime
The Republikon Institute carried out a comprehensive and in-depth analysis concerning the electoral base of parties in the parliament. Apart from the characterization of voters the analysis examines some special questions in connection with the political parties which reached the required threshold in 2010 parliamentary elections: in case of Fidesz our major focus was on the so called ’disillusioned voters’, we compared the choices of values among MSZP and Fidesz voters, we analysed the radical…
Hungarian Liberal voters in 2012
The regularly conducted monthly opinion typically provide information such as power relations between parties but they rarely reveal anything about how the voters’ behaviour, values and attitudes have changed. Thus, in our newest analysis Republikon Institute’s main goal is to give an insight in deeper contexts, leaving party preferences on the sidelines. Our goal is to find out whether there are any liberal voters left in Hungary – whether the claim often made by liberal…
Constitutional Set-Back?
The current Fundamental Law of of Hungary was adopted over a year ago, in April 2011. Due to this anniversary the recent research of Republikon Institution has looked how the so called ’National Avowal ’preamble fits the constitution’s introductions of Central and Eastern European and wider European countries. Preambles in general Preambles are usually can be found in the beginning of the text of laws. They could function as a foreword: the legislators mainly mark…
“Liberal Opportunities in East Central Europe. Chances of a Liberal Comeback”: Conference, June 4, Republikon, Budapest
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) and Republikon Institute (Hungary) have pleasure to invite to a conference “Liberal Opportunities in East Central Europe. Chances of a Liberal Comeback“ WHEN: June 4, 2012, 10:30 a.m. WHERE: A38 ship (Petőfi bridge, Buda side) Budapest Working language: English and Hungarian Registration: republikon@republikon.hu PROGRAMME 10:30- Registration 11:00-11:05 Welcome Csaba Tóth, director of strategy, Republikon Institute 11:05-11:40 Key-note Speech: Liberalism in Europe and in the East…
The Nosedive of Fidesz
In April 2010 the Fidesz-KDNP party alliance has gained two-thirds of the votes at the election and they have formed a government. Nowadays the support of Fidesz and the Orbán
