György Schöpflin

György Schöpflin, MEP

Professor György Schöpflin (born 24 November 1939, Budapest) is an academic and a policy analyst in the UK, and an MEP (2004- ) from the major conservative party in Hungary Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség). He is a member of the advisory board of EU-Russia Centre. He retired as Jean Monnet Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, on his election as an MEP for Hungary in 2004. Mr. Schöpflin sits for the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats. He served as a full member on the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (2004-2007), and is a substitute member on the Security and Defence Subcommittee and the Constitutional Affairs Committee.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Member:

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Subcommittee on Human Rights

21.07.2004 / 11.10.2005 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

19.01.2006 / 14.02.2007 : Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Subcommittee on Human Rights

31.01.2007 / 14.03.2007 : Subcommittee on Human Rights

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Foreign Affairs

14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Constitutional Affairs

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo

Substitute:

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs

13.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Foreign Affairs

16.07.2009 / ... : Subcommittee on Security and Defence

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

Secondary education certificate, Scotland. University of Glasgow, MA (1960), LLB (1962). College of Europe, Bruges, Certificate (1963).

Employed by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London (1963-1967) and the BBC (1967-1976). Teacher (1976-2004) and Jean Monnet Professor (since 1998), University of London.

Publications

'Politics in Eastern Europe 1945-1992' (1993),

'Nations, Identity, Power' (2000),

'The Dilemmas of Identity' (2005).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

12E218

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Tel. :

+32 (0)2 28 45884

Fax :

+32 (0)2 28 49884

E-mail:

gyorgy.schopflin AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• EU-Russia Centre, Advisory Board, accessed 19 January 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: György Schöpflin, accessed 05 December 2010.