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György Schöpflin (also known as George Schöpflin) (24 November 1939 – 19 November 2021) was a Hungarian politician who served as
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(MEP) from Hungary. He was a member of
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, part of the European People's Party.Meghalt Schöpflin György
He was a member of the
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's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Schöpflin was a substitute member of the
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, and a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group. Formerly Jean Monnet Professor of
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at the
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,
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, he published extensively on questions of
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hood, identity and
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.


Career

Schöpflin lived in the UK from 1950 to 2004, gaining his secondary education certificate in
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, followed by an MA in 1960 and an LLB in 1962 at the
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, and a Certificate of Advanced European Studies from the
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,
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, in 1963. He then worked at the
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in London from 1963–67, followed by a spell at the
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until 1976. He then returned to academia at the London School of Economics becoming a Lecturer in Eastern Europe and then jointly ran the famous seminar in communist politics and society. He later moved on to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies,
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and later part of
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, becoming Jean Monnet Professor of Politics in 1998. In 2004, he was elected a Member of the European Parliament. He has not taught at UCL since. He taught at the Forlì Branch of the University of Bologna until 2011. He was re-elected to the European Parliament in 2009 and 2014, and served as a full member on the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and as a full member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) 2014–2019, during which time he was EPP coordinator. He retired from the European Parliament in 2019. He was Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg, iASK. In March 2010, he was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by
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. In October 2013, he was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by
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, Budapest. In 2019 he was awarded a Ph.D. cum laude by Tallinn University. In August 2019 he was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Hungarian Republic.


Publications

Schöpflin published academic works in both
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and Hungarian. When writing in English, he is known as George; in his Hungarian publications he is György. * ''The Hungarians of Rumania'' (Minority Rights Group, London, 1978). * ''Communist Political Systems: An Introduction'' (St Martin’s Press, 1982, with Stephen White and John Gardner) * ''Politics in Eastern Europe 1945-1992'' (Blackwell, 1993) * ''Nations, Identity, Power'' (Hurst, 2000) * ''Myths and Nationhood'' (Hurst, 1997, co-edited with
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) * ''State Building in the Balkans: Dilemmas on the Eve of the 21st Century'' (Longo, 1998, co-edited with Stefano Bianchini) * ''Az identitás dilemmái'' (Attraktor, 2004). * "''The Dilemmas of Identity''" (Tallinn University Press, 2010). * "''Politics, Illusions, Fallacies''" (Tallinn University Press, 2012). * 'The European Polis' (Ludovika, Budapest, 2021).


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Interview on democracy in Europe
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schopflin, Gyorgy 1939 births 2021 deaths Writers from Budapest Academics of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Hungarian political scientists College of Europe alumni Fidesz politicians Fidesz MEPs MEPs for Hungary 2004–2009 MEPs for Hungary 2009–2014 MEPs for Hungary 2014–2019