The government has succeeded in reuniting the Hungarian nation over the past decade, and today being Hungarian is an advantage everywhere in the Carpathian Basin, the state secretary in charge of policies for Hungarian communities abroad said at a roundtable discussion in Sátoraljaújhely, in north-eastern Hungary, on Friday.
The Hungarian communities of the Carpathian Basin will only be strong if Hungary is strong economically, morally and politically, Árpád János Potápi told the event at the Summer Open University in the Carpathian Basin. He said the period since 2010 had been Hungary’s most successful decade of the past century.
Hungarians must be represented at every existing political forum in order to be in a position to strengthen their institutions in areas like education, culture and sports, Potapi said. He said
Hungarians must be represented at every existing political forum in order to be in a position to strengthen their institutions in areas like education, culture and sports, Potapi said. He said
every single locality in the Carpathian Basin populated by Hungarians had received some form of support in recent years.
László Brenzovics, head of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ), said Ukraine had become the poorest country in Europe and had taken away the rights of its national minorities. He said the ethnic Hungarian community in Ukraine today was less able to rely on international law for protection, but thanked the Hungarian government for its support of the community.
István Pásztor, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ), said
István Pásztor, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ), said
the pandemic had disproved the claim that it was possible to live without politics.
Vojvodina Hungarians have come to recognise that “the Hungarian political option” could be of significant help to them in their everyday lives, he said, noting that VMSZ had achieved its best result in the Serbian elections of the past 30 years.
Krisztián Forró, head of the Party of the Hungarian Community (MKP) in Slovakia, said all of his party’s calls for improving the situation of minorities in Slovakia in the recent period had been in vain. Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (HMDK) leader Róbert Jankovics said his party had held on to its position in last year’s parliamentary elections and had been successful in
Krisztián Forró, head of the Party of the Hungarian Community (MKP) in Slovakia, said all of his party’s calls for improving the situation of minorities in Slovakia in the recent period had been in vain. Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (HMDK) leader Róbert Jankovics said his party had held on to its position in last year’s parliamentary elections and had been successful in
deepening its ties with Croatia’s centre-right government.
Leader of Slovenia’s Hungarian Self-Governing Ethnic Community of Pomurje (MMONK) Ferenc Horvath said that for the first time in 30 years, his party had reached a “practical” agreement with the Slovenian government, which he said would be of significant help to the local Hungarian community.
István Csomortányi, head of the Transylvanian Hungarian People’s Party (EMNP), expressed his party’s support for the Hungarian government’s referendum on child protection, saying that they would do everything in their power to increase turnout among Transylvanian dual citizens. Barna Tánczos, Romania’s minister for environmental protection, said that the past few years had been successful for Romania’s ethnic Hungarian community, and expressed hope that the current cabinet would stay in power for the longer term.
István Csomortányi, head of the Transylvanian Hungarian People’s Party (EMNP), expressed his party’s support for the Hungarian government’s referendum on child protection, saying that they would do everything in their power to increase turnout among Transylvanian dual citizens. Barna Tánczos, Romania’s minister for environmental protection, said that the past few years had been successful for Romania’s ethnic Hungarian community, and expressed hope that the current cabinet would stay in power for the longer term.
Source: MTI
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To be Hungarian in the Carpathian Basin one would have to be born before 4th June 1920. There can’t be many left. To say that one is Hungarian just because a grandparent was Hungarian is absurd. You are the nationality of where you were born raised, educated and pay tax to. This ‘ethnic Hungarian’ nonsense is precisely that – a nonsense fiction.