Hungarians living in Madrid and Spain also preserve their culture
Árpád János Potápi, the state secretary in charge of policies for Hungarian communities abroad, met with representatives of Hungarian organisations in Spain in Madrid at the weekend.
Potápi told MTI by phone that the representatives told him about their organisations’ activities and current situation. The representatives were updated on the government’s policies for Hungarian communities abroad, he added.
Suggestions were made to set up a Hungarian House in Madrid to host events by local Hungarian organisations and provide a venue for weekend education programmes, he said.
Potápi visited the Hungarian weekend school of the Madách Association during his visit. More than 100 families are members of the association, set up in 2014 to foster ties among the local Hungarian community and preserve Hungarian language skills.
Around 2,000 Hungarians live in Madrid, and 20,000 reside in Spain, Potápi said.
Funny that we are always bragging about the Hungarian despora keeping their culture in other countries, we here are completely intolerant of our immigrants here holding on to theirs.