This is why the revolutionary spirit of the Hungarian freedom-loving people, 1848, found a home so quickly in the hearts of all Hungarians - stated the State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office responsible for national policy on Saturday, local time, in Calgary, Canada, at the celebration of the Hungarian community on March 15.
János Árpád Potápi emphasized that the soul of Hungarians is rooted in the freedom that every generation has longed for since St. Stephen. He drew attention to the fact that, at the same time, the freedom of Hungarians in Transylvania and Transcarpathia is being curtailed. It is a violation of freedom when education in the mother tongue is impossible, and also when the use of national symbols is restricted, he pointed out.
He highlighted:
"Especially the Transcarpathian Hungarians are in danger and their lives are in danger today, because the Hungarians are being taken to a war that is not our war. We condemn Russia's military aggression, but the attack launched against Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty cannot be a reason to curtail the rights of the Hungarian national minority," he said.
He added that Hungary has launched the largest humanitarian operation in its history to help Ukraine, but in the meantime it is not renouncing its native part of the nation living in Transcarpathia.
The State Secretary responsible for national policy emphasized
"today our first and most important dream is peace".
Before 2010, the unity of Hungarians was also a dream, and today it can be said that Hungarians are united, he added. He called the most important achievement of recent years that the feeling of national belonging was strengthened everywhere in the world where Hungarian people live.
he said."We do this because we believe that every Hungarian is responsible for every Hungarian"
He recalled that he experienced this togetherness in the most outstanding moments of Hungarian history, such defining moments, such years were 1848 and 1956, as well as in some respects 2010, which marked the beginning of a new era in national politics.
Presentation of the National Unity Dance Ensemble/Source: Facebook
At the ceremony and dance performance, János Árpád Potápi thanked the Hungarian Cultural Council of Canada for coming together for the Transcarpathian Hungarians and joining in providing assistance. In addition, he expressed his gratitude for the wide-ranging work through which Canadian Hungarians operate as one of the most active communities of the Hungarian diaspora.
In Calgary, as part of the March 15 commemoration, the dance performance of the National Unity Dance Ensemble was presented on Saturday, which was put together on the occasion of the Year of National Unity and which is performed by Canada's best Hungarian folk dancers.
Source and image: Magyar Hírlap
