Márton Tompos is a member of the Hungarian Parliament with the opposition party Momentum and a member of the Open European Dialogue (OED). In this interview, edited by Ronith Schalast, Program Manager of the Open European Dialogue, Márton shares his reflections on how the OED has been of support to him in his parliamentary work.

Last week, members from 11 Parliaments across Europe met at our OED120 Policy Deep-dive on "Regions of the Future: Leveraging Digital and Green Technologies to Drive Innovation" to discuss the untapped potential of accelerating technological innovation through collaboration among different regions in Europe

From 6-8 October, 51 members of parliament from across 28 different countries and representing a wide variety of political voices spent three days together in Helsinki at the 8th Annual Policymakers Dialogue “Architects of the Future: European Policymaking in Times of Uncertainty, Technological Disruption and Societal Adaptation”.

On 12 September, policymakers from 11 parliaments took part in the first Open European Dialogue Interparliamentary Lab “War in Ukraine: Collaboration Initiatives for Parliaments”. The Lab represents a continued pan-European cross-party effort to develop improved coordination and strategic exchange of parliamentary responses to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

On the 7-8th of July, in the context of our Open European Dialogue Future Workshop, 19 Members of Parliament from 15 countries came together in Warsaw to discuss the implications of the war in Ukraine across Europe, consider possible future scenarios for the evolution of the war, as well as explore cooperation opportunities.

Over a year has passed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Chiara Rosselli, Head of the Open European Dialogue, shares her take on the state of political dialogue and the difficult conversations that await European politicians.

A reflection on the Seventh Annual Policymakers Dialogue by Chiara Rosselli, Head of the Open European Dialogue.