We have strengthened national unity in recent years, now its most important feature is that it lives in us as an experience - said János Árpád Potápi on Monday, at the opening of the Összmagyar University Camp, organized by the Rákóczi Association, in Sátoraljaújhely.

For the Hungarians of the Carpathian Basin, the feeling of being Hungarian is not as strong as it is for those living in the diaspora who only speak Hungarian at home, at most in church, and

they cannot even imagine going to a country where everyone speaks the language of their parents and grandparents.

This last experience can fundamentally change the lives of these young people - said János Árpád Potápi on Monday, at the opening of the Összmagyar University Camp organized by the Rákóczi Association, thanking the Rákóczi Association for providing such experiences.

The state secretary drew attention to the fact that young people from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, the United States, Canada, Macedonia, the Highlands, Vojvodina and Transylvania also came to the camp. He called the choice of location and the name of the camp symbolic, and in relation to the latter he said: Rákóczi's name still appeals to young people, children and the elderly.

He recalled: when the Rákóczi Association was established in 1989, its primary goal was to help young people from the highlands, to strengthen their identity and to help integrate young people who came to Hungary in the 1980s into society. Since then, the task system of the association has expanded significantly, it has become the most important national political association, and the NGO no longer only targets young people in the highlands, but also brings together young people living in the Carpathian Basin and the diaspora.

János Árpád Potápi, in connection with identity preservation work, called it the goal that "everyone can count on everyone". He added: "there are not so many of us that anyone should give up on anyone, since there are more Hungarians living in every major city in the world than us Hungarians, from Canada to New Zealand and from Patagonia to Finland".

Every late August since 1989, the camp has created an opportunity for Hungarian university students to think together about the situation and future of Hungarians and Central Europe during public, scientific and economic lectures.

Source: Magyar Hírlap

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