Máté Hajba
Short vita
Director of the Free Market Foundation, which advocates economic freedom, civil rights and tolerance. He is also the Vice President of Civic Platform, which runs anti-racist campaigns and promotes democratic values. He is interested in the relationship between the state and the individual and in the concept and history of liberty. He writes for international press on issues such as intolerance in Hungary and international relations. To promote the concept of individualism, liberty, tolerance and free market, he co-founded a youth organization named Eötvös Club.
Contributions
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Poems of Liberty: Everyday Life Amongst Conflict
Download the latest edition of 'Poems of Liberty' to experience the resilience of culture amidst war in Europe. Explore the poignant verses of Ukrainian and European poets, capturing daily life in conflict and dreams for peace.
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Hearts and Minds
The Mathias Corvinus Collegium is a Hungarian organization providing scholarships for studying abroad, organizing events with international speakers and offering interesting study programmes to its students. However, below the surface, it is yet another tool of Orbán's regime, which connects domestic and international actors, who promote the ideology of illiberalism.
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Poems of Liberty: Human Rights Edition 2022
Poems of Liberty: Human Rights Edition 22 is out now focusing this time on the topics of democracy, diversity and press freedom in Europe. The edition also features artwork by our Animate Europe artist Marco Tabilio.
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Poems of Liberty: Reshape Europe
Poems of Liberty is back this time as part of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation "Reshape Europe" campaign, which is a global dialogue
on how Europe can become more resilient in order to stand up to the enemies of freedom worldwide. Explore our selection of poems paired with comics from our past Animate Europe projects.
