György Schöpflin
György Schöpflin (born November 24, 1939 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian politician of Fidesz - Hungarian Citizens' Union , author and political scientist .
Life
Schöpflin lived in England and Scotland (UK) from 1950 to 2004. After completing his studies at the University of Glasgow , he completed a master's program at the College of Europe in Bruges. From 1963 to 1967 he worked for Chatham House in London; then he worked for the BBC until 1976. Schöpflin has been a professor at University College London since 1976 , where he has taught at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies since 1998 as a professor and Jean Monnet expert. Schöpflin has been a member of the European Parliament since 2004 . As an author, he has written several books on the political situation in Eastern Europe. In March 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from Tallinn University .
In August 2016, Schöpflin made headlines when he recommended in a debate on Twitter with a Human Rights Watch employee that the Hungarian border fence be equipped with pig's heads to deter refugees.
Fonts (selection)
- Politics in Eastern Europe 1945–1992. Blackwell, 1993.
- Nations, Identity, Power. Hurst, 2000.
- Myths and Nationhood. Hurst, 1997.
- State Building in the Balkans: Dilemmas on the Eve of the 21st Century. Longo, 1998.
- Az identitás dilemmái. Attractor, 2004.
- The Dilemmas of Identity. Tallinn University Press, 2010.
- Politics, Illusions, Fallacies. Tallinn University Press, 2012.
Web links
- Entry on György Schöpflin in the Members' database of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ^ Siobhan Fenton: Put pig heads on border fences to deter Muslim refugees, Hungarian MEP suggests . In: The Independent , August 22, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Thomas Schmid : The pig system . In: Die Welt Kompakt , October 6, 2016, p. 10.
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SURNAME | Schöpflin, György |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian politician (Fidesz), MEP, author and political scientist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |