HUNGARY: SOME PERSPECTIVES OF ORBÁN's NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TO UKRAINE



As expected, VICTOR ORBÁN has immediately come out with a statement that under no circumstances should Ukraine be a member of the EU. Hungary has already opposed aid to the attacked Ukraine. And Orbán interacts in different ways with the accused war criminal Putin. This statement could become serious, because the EU's heads of state and government must decide in December whether accession negotiations with, among other things, Ukraine must start. It requires unanimity. So also a Hungarian YES.

What could be the reason for Orbán's negative attitude? He says it is due to "the bad treatment the Hungarian minority in Ukraine receives". Which minority is it? It is approx. 100,000 Hungarian-speakers living in the mountains up the Hungarian border. This area was given to the Soviets in 1945 in connection with the peace agreement after World War II. Hungary had been allied with Hitler during the war. Therefore it cost concessions to Stalin. The area's main town, Berehove, is only 7 km from the Hungarian border. Street signs are all in both languages. And both the Hungarian and Ukrainian flags are officially flown. A statue of a Hungarian historical hero stands in the square in front of the town hall. In the years 2011-2020, Hungary has given the area a grant of €115 million for schools, culture, etc.

What Hungary specifically complains about is that in 2017 Ukraine made a law introducing Ukrainian in schools from the age of 10.

Incidentally, the attitude among the local Hungarians is that they feel like Ukrainians and participate both in politics and in the fight against the Russians. They say they don't want to be held hostage by Budapest and Orbán!

How can the problem be solved? The EU has demanded that Ukraine must ensure the rights of minorities and protect them. And it is in full swing. I wonder if there is something that can be done so that a possible problem among the Hungarian minority can be solved once and for all?! Then Orbán will have difficulty continuing to stand on the back foot!

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