EU-Views: Tamás Szabados
Name: Tamás Szabados
Nationality: Hungarian
Occupation(s): Visiting Fellow at the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard University (Spring 2016); Senior Lecturer of International Law and European Economic Law at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Connection to Europe: European citizen; expertise in EU Law, International Economic Law, Private International Law, human rights and economic freedoms in the EU
Date of interview: April 5, 2016
This episode is a conversation with Tamás Szabados, Senior Lecturer of International Law and European Economic Law at Hungary’s Eötvös Loránd University, about the role of European citizens in EU governance. Szabados talks at length about the need for EU leadership to promote citizen participation and increase public awareness of the functioning mechanisms of the EU. He discusses the power of Europeans in determining the future of the EU, emphasizing how citizens can influence European decision-making by actively engaging in EU elections and referendums, particularly given the contemporary crises facing Europe today.