PM Orbán ‘has betrayed’ Hungarians in Slovakia, Former PM Gyurcsány’s DK says

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has accused Viktor Orbán and his government of “betraying” Hungarians in Slovakia by buddying up with an “openly anti-Hungarian” administration that “will close or merge schools that provide teaching in Hungarian”.

DK calls on Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, to speak out and stand up for the interests of Hungarians living beyond the borders, senior DK politician Sandor Ronai told a press conference in front of the foreign ministry building, where the party also held a demonstration on Sunday.

The new Slovak government had promised not to curb Hungarian-language use in Slovakia, but then they back-peddled, he said.

Fico and Orbán hugging in Budapest. Photo: FB/Orbán

“Fidesz is silent,” he said, adding that when it came to the issue, everyone from Orban to Szijjártó was “snoozing”.

“This is the real problem with the Orban government: when they want to exploit the Hungarian people, they bring them up as a point of reference; but otherwise the Orban government cannot be counted on either within or beyond the country’s borders,” he said.

Ronai said Orban had been “silent” when his “friend”, President Vladimir Putin, “invaded Ukraine”. And neither he nor Szijjártó had spoken up when the Russians attacked areas inhabited by Hungarians in Transcarpathia, he insisted.

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