Children 3 Political party Fidesz Role Hungarian Politician | Name Gyorgy Schopflin Profession Academic | |
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Born 24 November 1939 (age 84)
Budapest, Hungary ( 1939-11-24 ) Alma mater University of Glasgow
College of Europe Education College of Europe, University of Glasgow Books Politics in Eastern Europe - 1, Nations - identity - power, The Dilemmas of Identity, Romania\'s Ethnic Hungarians, The Futures of Central a Profiles | ||
Gy rgy sch pflin on media and political situation in hungary
György Schöpflin (also known as George Schöpflin) (born 24 November 1939) is a Hungarian academic and politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for Fidesz and the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Schöpflin is a substitute member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, and a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.
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- Gy rgy sch pflin on media and political situation in hungary
- Fidesz mep gy rgy sch pflin west europe projecting it s frustrations on hungary
- Career
- Publications
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Formerly Jean Monnet Professor of Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, he has published extensively on questions of nationhood, identity and political power.
Fidesz mep gy rgy sch pflin west europe projecting it s frustrations on hungary
Career
Schöpflin lived in the UK from 1950 to 2004, gaining his secondary education certificate in Scotland, followed by an MA in 1960 and an LLB in 1962 at the University of Glasgow, and a Certificate of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe, Bruges, in 1963. He then worked at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London from 1963–67, followed by a spell at the BBC until 1976. He then returned to academia at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, becoming Jean Monnet Professor of Politics in 1998. In 2004, he was elected a Member of the European Parliament. He is currently also teaching at the Forlì Branch of the University of Bologna.
He was reelected to the European Parliament in 2009 and serves as a full member on the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and as substitute on the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO).
In March 2010, he was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the University of Tallinn.
In October 2013, he was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by Corvinus University, Budapest.
Publications
Schöpflin has published academic works in both English and Hungarian. When writing in English, he is known as George; in his Hungarian publications he is György.