Creating an Enemy, Undermining Rights

As part of the Pride Month program in Budapest, the French Institute in Hungary is organizing this roundtable discussion with the support of CEFRES. This event is part of the 31st edition of Budapest Pride.

Date: June 8, 2026, 18:00
Location: Francia Intéret, Auditorium, Budapest
Language: Hungarian and French with simultaneous interpretation

In the presence of:
Valentin BEHR, CNRS Research Fellow at the European Center for Sociology and Political Science (University of Paris 1), winner of the Oszkár Sárkány Fellowship 2025/2026
Andréa PETŐ, Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University (CEU)

Moderator: Viktória RADVÁNYI, President of Budapest Pride

The discussion between two French and Hungarian researchers will offer an analysis of narratives produced by media outlets linked to illiberal regimes, as well as the legal mechanisms through which these regimes exploit individual rights and freedoms to impose anti-gender policies.