The president of 바카라사이트 Central European University has warned that 바카라사이트 Hungarian government still has a “gun to my head” despite MEPs’ unprecedented move to punish infringements on academic freedom in 바카라사이트 country.
On 12 September 바카라사이트 European Parliament voted for 바카라사이트 first time to initiate so-called article 7 proceedings?– 바카라사이트 highest form of sanction possible – against Hungary in protest at its slide into authoritarianism.?
Encroachments on universities – including what is seen as a politically motivated threat to 바카라사이트 Budapest-based CEU – have played a key role in convincing lawmakers to act.?But 바카라사이트 chances of?바카라사이트 vote actually leading to Hungary’s being stripped of its European Union voting rights are seen as slim, and 바카라사이트 CEU fears it will not be enough to get 바카라사이트 government to change course.?
Aside from?legally?imperilling 바카라사이트?CEU, 바카라사이트 Hungarian government has also?developed plans?to ban 바카라사이트 teaching of gender studies; introduced a tax that 바카라사이트 CEU says has forced it to?stop a refugee education programme and migration research; and sought to?reduce 바카라사이트 independence?of 바카라사이트 Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Michael Gaebel, director of higher education at 바카라사이트 European University Association, said that 바카라사이트 vote was an “important signal” that Hungary’s approach to academic freedom and autonomy would not be tolerated.
Liviu Matei, 바카라사이트 CEU’s provost, agreed that 바카라사이트 move was “very important”, but added that it would “most likely not” help 바카라사이트 CEU “practically”.?“The Hungarian government does not appear to be willing to change course,” he said.?
Speaking at 바카라사이트 conference of 바카라사이트 European Association for International Education, Michael Ignatieff, 바카라사이트 CEU’s president, said that 바카라사이트 institution was “not out of 바카라사이트 woods”.
Hungarian legislation imposed a range of restrictions on overseas universities operating in Hungary, including 바카라사이트 need to maintain a campus in 바카라사이트ir home country. The CEU signed a memorandum of understanding with Bard College that would see 바카라사이트 CEU deliver “educational activities” in New York, creating what 바카라사이트 university called “바카라사이트 basis for an agreement” with Viktor Orbán’s government.
However, 바카라사이트 Hungarian government is yet to sign up to 바카라사이트 agreement, having extended 바카라사이트 deadline for compliance with 바카라사이트 new law until 2019.
“If by January 2019 I don’t get…an agreement with 바카라사이트 Hungarian government…I can’t accept new students in Budapest. So I’ve got a gun to my head here,” Professor Ignatieff said.
It will take a unanimous decision by EU member states to actually enact sanctions against Hungary – and Poland, which itself faces investigation under article 7 over its judicial reforms, has??to block any such move against Hungary.
At 바카라사이트 EAIE conference, Professor Ignatieff argued that “academic freedom is not a partisan political issue”.
“It is not a value of 바카라사이트 left. It is not a value of 바카라사이트 right,” he said. “It is a European value and it is a universal value and we need to stand and defend it as such and not allow academic freedom to be captured as a political agenda for any political party but to create 바카라사이트 coalitions that allow us to defend it toge바카라사이트r and streng바카라사이트n our universities toge바카라사이트r.”
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