Another Christian Democratic Leaders’ Roundtable Luncheon in Vienna discussing the results of the Austrian federal elections and the latest developments in the Middle East.
The Christian Democratic Leader’s Roundtable is an initiative to bring together like-minded Christan politicians and alliances, as well as to enable informal ways of cooperation and joint initiatives.
This time, Her Excellency María Lorena Capra, Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina to Hungary and Member of European Parliament Enikő Győri, were our guests of honour, with whom we discussed and celebrated the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the South American country and Hungary, reviewing the past, present and future of our fruitful cooperation.
The CDI Hungary was delighted to participate in the IDC Africa conference in Paris, a high-level event with two African Prime Ministers and representatives of several African member countries of the Centrist Democratic International, it provided an in-depth insight into the future of democracy in Africa, facilitating a meaningful dialogue and exchange of ideas between leaders and experts.
CDI Hungary was guest of the Prior of the Minorite Monastery and the Jozef Pucnik Institute in the historic city of Ptuj, Slovenia.
The 13th-century monastery boasts a library with over 5000 books, some of them dating as far back as the 16th century, which was amazing to see.
A thorough presentation given by Christiaan Alting von Geusau on the current political situation in the US was followed by a great roundtable discussion on the upcoming US elections.
CDI Hungary was honoured to host our second Christian Democratic Leaders’ Roundtable in form of a breakfast discussing “The Atlantic Riddle: US Political Divisions and Their Impact on the EU”, with a keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau, President of the International Catholic Legislators’ Network and Co-Chair of the CDI Advisory Board at the Brussels office of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary.
The Christian Democratic Leader’s Roundtable is an initiative to bring together like-minded Christan politicians and alliances, as well as to enable informal ways of cooperation and joint initiatives.
On March 15, 2024, CDI Hungary was present at the 15th Pučnik’s Symposium in Slovenska Bistrica. A panel of the symposium was dedicated to populism, in which also the CDI publication on the Curse of Popularity was presented to the audience.
The leading expert of CDI Hungary, Alejandro Pena Esclusa gave a lecture on the importance of Classical Arts to MCC students in Szeged, using the findings of his newest book “Classical Art and cultural Warfare”.
Together with the Foundation for a Civic Hungary, the Christian Democratic Institute in Hungary had the honour to organize its third Conservative Ladies’ Breakfast with H.E. Ambassador Gülşen Karanis Ekşioğlu and Dr. Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich, President of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy as our special guests.
During the event, which was attended by over 40 ladies, we talked about the deep and multi-layered friendship between Türkiye and Hungary as we are celebrating the Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year, commemorating a century of strong bilateral ties and the 100th anniversary of the Friendship Agreement between Turkey and Hungary implemented in 1924.
