The American new conservatism and Europe in the light of the US presidential election

About the event

American and European radical conservative movements are interconnected: due to our globalised political environment, successful trends easily and quickly travel across borders and influence political dynamics everywhere. These transatlantic relationships are becoming more and more institutionalised, and Hungary plays a key role in that: Budapest-based CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) events, or the biennial Demographic Summits, for example, are important meeting points of global conservative elites.
At our conference, we will dive deep into the connection between American and European new conservatism and examine what it may bring to Europe, with Hungary in it. Against the backdrop of the 5 November US presidential election, our expert speakers will discuss the current state of transatlantic conservative relations and explore their potential in shaping European and Hungarian politics in the future.

Programme

10:00 Welcome by Gabor Horn, President of the Republikon Foundation and Milosz Hodun, Board Member of the European Liberal Forum

10:15 Presentations: authors Ricardo Silvestre and Zsolt Kerner will introduce their 2023 policy paper, Protecting democracy from the radical conservative transatlantic movement

10: 35 Roundtable: Izabela Szostak-Smith (Lawyer, Project:Polska), Zoltan Ranschburg Zoltan(RF), Ricardo Silvestre (MLS), Zsolt Kerner (journalist, 24.hu)

12:00 Q&A, end of the first panel

12:15 Roundtable discussion with Hungarian experts Péter Balázs (Former EU Commissioner), Zoltán Balázs (Professor), László Seres (journalist), Andrea Virág (Director of Strategy of RF)

13:15 Q&A, closing