A historic event took place in the Upper House Chamber of the Parliament on 21 November: for the first time, the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Parliament convened, creating a new forum for young people from both countries. The event was organised by the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Association, whose president, Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Kn\u00e1b \u2013 founder and board member of the Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University Foundation, which maintains the University \u2013 highlighted in her opening speech:\u00a0\u201cThe challenges of the modern age do not allow nations to seek their future in isolation, for themselves and by themselves. Peace, mutual understanding and cooperation are not self-evident inheritances, but values that every generation must reinforce again and again. You, the first delegates of the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Parliament, are undertaking this task: you build relationships, you build bridges, you shape the future. You do so knowing that not every road is smooth, and at times history tests the friendship of our nations \u2014 yet the shared direction and the shared goal must never be lost from sight.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0She noted that Hungarian\u2013German relations are built on centuries-old traditions, and it is the task of young people to bring new content to this dialogue. She emphasised that the youth parliament marks the beginning of a mission centred on the future, Europe, and the shared responsibility of the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her opening speech, Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Kn\u00e1b, President of the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Association, underlined that peace, mutual understanding and cooperation are values that every generation must reinforce time and again<\/em> (Photo: D\u00e1vid Rokob)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The prestige of the event was reflected in the presence of numerous Hungarian and German political and diplomatic leaders. Dr L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u00f6v\u00e9r, Speaker of the House, addressed the participants in person as chief patron, while from the German side Karin Prien, Federal Minister for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, greeted the participants via video message. In addition, Julia Gross, Germany\u2019s Ambassador to Hungary, Dr P\u00e9ter Gy\u00f6rk\u00f6s, Hungary\u2019s Ambassador to Germany, and several Hungarian and German MPs \u2013 including Imre Ritter, Istv\u00e1n Hiller and Knut Abraham \u2013 also spoke. The latter two are members of the board of the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group photo of the participants of the plenary session of the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Parliament<\/em> (Photo: Gy\u00f6rgy B\u00e1lint)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Before the plenary session, five committees worked on drafting the resolutions, with 50 Hungarian and German young people collaborating on the proposals, which were later reviewed and supplemented by more than 80 additional delegates. The professional material thus created formed the basis of the plenary agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University served as the most important professional pillar in the legal preparation of the parliament. In her speech, Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Kn\u00e1b expressed special thanks to the University for its high-level intellectual and organisational support. The concept and documents of the youth parliament were developed with the significant involvement of academic staff from the University\u2019s De\u00e1k Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, including Dean, Dr P\u00e9ter Smuk, Vice-Dean Dr Csaba Erd\u0151s and Head of Department Dr Attila Barna, as well as students of the University, among them Borb\u00e1la Ill\u00e9s as Chair of the Committee on Procedural Rules and Hungarian Co-Chair of the session, and M\u00e1t\u00e9 K\u00f3nya as Chair of the Committee for Education, Mobility and Future Perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The resolutions adopted at the session addressed several areas that may shape the future of Hungarian\u2013German cooperation in the long term: education, mobility, innovation, democracy development and foreign affairs cooperation. The closing document included several forward-looking initiatives, such as the creation of a bilingual digital remembrance platform, joint action against anti-Semitism, the development of an innovation and start-up cooperation system, and the establishment of exchange links within the German\u2013Hungarian dual education programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hungarian\u2013German Youth Association founded the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Council, whose ten members were presented at the ceremonial closing of the plenary session. The Youth Council will be responsible for presenting the adopted resolutions to decision-makers in Hungary and Germany over the coming year and for preparing the parliamentary session to be held in Berlin in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The impressive Upper House Chamber of the Parliament provided the venue for the session of the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Parliament. In the front row (left to right): Imre Ritter, Dr L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u00f6v\u00e9r and Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Kn\u00e1b<\/em> (Photo: D\u00e1vid Rokob)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Created: 2025.11.28. 09:18 Alongside the Hungarian\u2013German Youth Association as the main organiser, Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University also played an important role in bringing together the first Hungarian\u2013German Youth Parliament. The event, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/haho.jpg\")
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