Hungary After the Elections: The first few weeks in restoring democracy and the rule of law
At 7pm (UK) on Monday 18th May we welcome back Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee for an online talk about the recent defeat of Viktor Orban in Hungary’s general election and progress towards restoring democracy and the rule of law.
We are co-hosting this online talk with Oxford for Europe and Grassroots for Europe.
Registration is required.
Register on Zoom to attend Hungary After The Elections.
About this webinar
In the April 2026 parliamentary elections, Hungarians overwhelmingly voted against corruption and democratic decline and for a pro-Europe orientation. This webinar examines evolving ideas to rebuild checks and balances, judicial independence, and fair political competition, while navigating entrenched constraints such as constitutional lock-in and state capture.
It will also assess whether European Union rule of law tools are able support a credible path toward democratic renewal.
About Márta Pardavi
Márta Pardavi is co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a leading human rights NGO based in Budapest, Hungary. She has recently been focusing on the threats to the rule of law and civil society space in Hungary and the EU. She also co-leads the Recharging Advocacy for Rights in Europe (RARE) programme, which equips human rights defenders to build stronger organisations and alliances for joint action on civic space and the rule of law in the EU.
Márta serves on the boards of PILnet and the International Partnership for Human Rights, the advisory board of the re:constitution programme and the Council of Europe’s Expert Council on NGO Law.
She has been awarded the 2018 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award from Human Rights First, Civil Rights Defender’s Civil Rights Defenders of the Year 2019 award and was chosen to be a member of POLITICO28 Class of 2019. In 2020/2021, she was a Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute’s School of Transnational Governance in Florence, Italy.
