On 10–11 December 2025, the Center for Constitutional Politics of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium hosted the international academic conference titled “The Heart of the Constitution – Exploring the Power of Preambles.” The aim of the event was to offer a comprehensive overview of the historical development, functions and comparative analysis of constitutional preambles, with particular attention to global patterns and to the changing role of preambles in shifting historical and political contexts.
At the final major professional event of the year, MCC's Center for Sports and Performance undertook a special mission: five members of the workshop represented Hungary in Hong Kong at the World Congress of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP). Held every four years, the congress is widely regarded as the “Olympics” of sport psychology.
During his keynote address on day two of the Battle for the Soul of Europe Conference in Brussels, Balázs Orbán, Political Director to the Prime Minister of Hungary and Chairman of MCC's Board of Trustees, warned that the European political elite is using the war in Ukraine to push further centralisation at the expense of national sovereignty and free speech. He argued that the current EU leadership is incapable of ending the conflict through diplomacy and is instead strengthening technocratic control. The day opened with remarks by John O’Brien, Head of Communications at MCC Brussels, who urged participants to defend Europe as a civilisation built on nations, culture, and the freedom to speak truthfully.
MCC Brussels opened Day 1 of its flagship conference "Battle for the Soul of Europe" in Brussels with a series of forceful interventions from scholars, politicians, and public intellectuals, all examining Europe’s cultural, political, and economic direction at a time of mounting instability.
The third annual conference of the International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) took place in Washington, D.C., hosted at the Conservative Partnership Institute under the title “Regaining Control: An International Conference on Borders, Asylum, and Immigration Enforcement.” Organized by NumbersUSA, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), Israel’s Immigration Policy Center, France’s Immigration and Demography Observatory, and the Migration Research Institute, the event brought together researchers and policymakers from across the Western world to discuss the future of migration and border policy.