The Opening Ceremony was followed by a roundtable discussion, Growing Visegrad Identity in the EU? The Role of the Visegrad Countries, featuring Ján Figeľ, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU and Former Chief Negotiator of the Slovak Republic for Negotiations on the Accession of Slovakia to the EU, and HE Enikő Győri, Hungarian Ambassador to Spain and Former State Secretary for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The moderator was István Perger, Head of Communication, European Commission Representation in Hungary.
They talked about the existence of a Central European identity, the unity of the V4, and the future cohesion policy. 🇭🇺🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱
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Do you know what happened on 3 July?
The 5th Antall József Summer School at the Budapest Music Center opened with Krisztina Varju, Ministerial Commissioner for the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Group 2017-18, Frank Spengler, Resident Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Hungary, and Péter Antall, Director of the Antall József Knowledge Centre, delivering a speech and welcoming the students.
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The latest issue of the Antall József Knowledge Centre’s In Focus magazine focuses on the United States of America in general and the Trump Presidency in particular, while also providing insight into the country’s culture via must-read books, great music albums, US politics-related TV-series, recommended movies, and famous American brands.
Co-authors of the issue include Zsolt Pálmai, Head of Transatlantic Relations Office of the Knowledge Centre; Dr Géza Jeszenszky, Former Foreign Minister of Hungary; John O'Sullivan, President of the Danube Institute; J D Gordon, Former Spokesperson of Pentagon; Elizabeth Wahl, journalist; Máté Kaló, independent political analyst, and Anna Stumpf Smith Lacey, Executive Director of the Washington-based Hungary Initiatives Foundation and Vice President of Common Sense Society Budapest.
MEGJELENT a Fókuszban magazin legújabb száma, amely ezúttal elsősorban az Egyesült Államok politikai légkörét boncolgatja egy szélsőséges és minden korábbi határt szétfeszítő választási időszak nyomán.
Hazai és nemzetközi szakértők segítségével betekintést nyerhetünk többek között a választások eredményei mögött húzódó stratégiákba, megvizsgáljuk Trump elnökségének a világra gyakorolt lehetséges hatásait, valamint szót ejtünk az elnök győzelmét övező társadalmi megosztottságról és a média szerepéről, erejéről is.
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http://www.ajtk.hu/fokuszban/
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DON’T MISS the latest issue of In Focus magazine, which offers a look at the political climate in the United States in the wake of an unconventional and remarkably hostile presidential campaign.
Highlights include:
- political strategies behind the presidential campaigns
- global implications of the Trump presidency
- the media’s role and power in politics
- the Trump presidency and the growing social divisions around it
For all this and more, visit
http://www.ajtk.hu/in-focus/We had the opportunity to meet and get to know 36 exceptional students at the 2017 Antall József Summer School. Thank you very much for choosing us for this summer. We hope to meet all of you soon!
The fifth instalment of the Antall József Summer School starts in three days. We hope that you are as excited as we are :)
