Orbán-government outraged: Hungarian national symbols removed in Ukraine
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Hungary expects Ukrainian leaders to make every effort to stop the attacks and atrocities suffered by ethnic Hungarians, Tamás Menczer, the foreign ministry state secretary for external relations, said on public radio on Friday.
Unacceptable acts
Menczer reacted to reports that Hungarian flags and signs have been removed in Mukachevo district (Munkács), in western Ukraine, and the director of a local Hungarian school, Istvan Schink, was sacked. Before the war, “the ethnic Hungarian community was being stripped of their rights”, he said, citing measures that restricted the use of their mother tongue and education in Hungarian.
“We always used to take firm action against this, but then the war broke out, and we said that since Ukraine was the attacked side in the war, we put aside the existing conflicts,” he added. At the same time, the recent developments must not be left unmentioned, he said. “All anti-Hungarian actions are unacceptable, but all of this happened in Mukachevo district and not in the whole of Transcarpathia,” he said. “We very much trust that such anti-Hungarian actions will not be experienced elsewhere,” he added.
Government meeting. Viktor Orbán speaks, deputy foreign minister Levente Magyar in the background.
“We have called on local leaders in Mukachevo district to have the anti-Hungarian measures withdrawn and the status quo ante restored immediately, and told Ukraine’s national leaders that we expect them to make make every effort to ensure that local leaders act respectfully, and the attacks and atrocities against ethnic Hungarians are stopped,” he said.
Hungarians have to accept the fact Zelenky’s hate for Hungary has no bounds.
Did Menczer forget to mention why some Ukrainians were so outraged? Well, if I were an ordinary Ukrainian citizen, I too would be very upset at just what this Orbán Government does. …
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/01/20/hungary-blocking-release-of-500-million-in-eu-military-aid-to-ukraine
Oh incidentally, did Menczer bother call Schink and personally ask him to give his honest answer on just why he was sacked. I can promise you, it wasn’t because he is an ethnic Hungarian.
The next time, before our Orbán Government vetos EU aid to Ukraine, it should think about the possible consenquences, both in Ukraine and elsewhere.
@mariavontheresa:
Nothing to do with Zelenskiy. Can/does Orbán control our people’s tempers?
Why Hungary has to finance Ukrainian military? That is not our war. Moreover, Hungary supports and helps Ukrainian refugees, provides medical assistance, and so forth. The statement “one would like to stop the war by providing weapon to one of the parties” sounds at least odd.
EU monies are NOT (our) Hungary’s money!
Why bite the hand that FEEDS US!?
If the Jackass needs a carrot then (perhaps) a compromise could be achieved wherein that €500M. would be reduced to €481.5M (26/27ths). That way, I can’t see anyone objecting, unless the veto has nothing else to do with it except to stubbernly oppose eanything and everything that the EU wants to achieve (the same with Sweden’s joining NATO) – to destabilize the EU (on Putin’s behalf).
Orbán kiválóan alkalmas a magyarok érdekeinek védelmére. Mert ha nem jeleníti meg ezt a problémát, akkor sokan nem fogják hallani.Az embereknek rengeteg napi dolga van, és egyszerűen nem tudnák, hogy ugyanazokra a magyarokra nehezedik a nyomás. És amikor a védtelen emberekre nehezedő nyomás büntetlenné válik, az általában felerősödik.