Jobbik presses government to defend rights of ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia
Budapest, July 8 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party expects the government to “exert pressure” on Slovakia in the interest of settling ethnic problems in that country, and direct the European Union’s attention to Slovakia’s failure to guarantee basic rights, Jobbik MP István Szávay told a press conference in Budapest on Friday.
Slovakia is holding the EU’s rotating presidency in the second half of 2016.
“If the EU had taken its fundamental ideas on human rights seriously, it would have never admitted Slovakia among its members,” Szávay said, referring to the post-WWII Benes decrees that discriminated against ethnic Hungarians on the basis of collective guilt and had never been revoked by the Slovak government.
Source: MTI
If you would like to support the work of the Daily News Hungary staff and independent journalism,
please make a donation here
please make a donation here
Hot news
What happened today in Hungary? — 26 April, 2024
Unemployment stops rising in Hungary
Foreign workers at Wolt Hungary: courier and restaurant manager chime in – and they are not happy
Hungarian FM Szijjártó: We won two battles in Brussels
Bizarre developments: Orbán cabinet now targets rainbow-coloured items!
Hungarian defence minister: Most important thing is peace