15/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - Conference on the state of the democracies of the new member states. The Foundation for European Progressist Studies (FEPS), which is close to the European Socialists, is to hold a seminar in Budapest on Friday on the state of the democracies of the new EU member states. For more information: www.feps-europe.eu/en/news/306_16-november. (SP/transl.jl)