On 9 December 2003, the United Nations adopted the Convention Against Corruption, and since then 9 December is celebrated each year as the International Anti-Corruption Day. To mark this occasion, Transparency International Hungary organises a roundtable discussion to address the current corruption situation in Hungary and the country’s anti-corruption performance.

The Hungarian government’s unfolding anti-corruption package introduced as part of the rule of law procedure triggered by the European Commission gives particular relevance to these issues. It is, of course, more than questionable if the remedial measures included in the anticorruption package will change the twelve-year course of Hungary’s system of ‘National Cooperation’, earmarked by the systemic disruption of the rule of law. 

Besides seeking to answer the above dilemma, our panellists of the day, Mr Peter Balázs former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former member of the European Commission, Ms Katalin Cseh, Member of the European Parliament, Ms Júlia Király, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Hungary, and Mr Miklós Ligeti, Legal Director of of Transparency International Hungary will also discuss how long Hungary could survive without European Union funding and what would happen if these funds were to dry up. 

Date: 9 December 2022, 16:00 – 17:30. 

Venue: (‘Jewish History Museum in Erzsébetváros’), 5 street Csányi, H-1077 

Please note: Hungarian-English interpretation will be provided during the roundtable discussion. 

 The premiere of “The Non-Incorruptible”, a co-production of Transparency International Hungary and Dumaszínház will be held at the Gólem Theatre, following the roundtable discussion.