The chief adviser to the Prime Minister gave a speech in Bratislava at the commemoration of Hungarians displaced from the Highlands.
At the event held in the garden of the Hungarian elementary school in Bratislava, Katalin Szili recalled the inhumanity of the displacements, and then spoke about the consequences of the Benes decrees, the necessity of maintaining ethnic-based politics, and the situation of national minorities in the context of next year's European Parliament elections and the possibilities for improving it.
Said:
in the shadow of history, the Benes decrees must be remembered, because the "shadow of the decrees that hit the Hungarians in the highlands continues to this day", as properties are taken from members of the Hungarian community with reference to them. He emphasized: this is unsustainable in the case of Hungary and Slovakia, which have been members of the European Union for nearly twenty years.
Katalin Szili addressed the Slovak parliamentary election held last weekend, in which the Hungarian party from the Uplands, the Alliance, did not enter the Bratislava legislature, stressing that the Hungarians from the Uplands must continue their political struggles even without parliamentary representation, which can be used to change the fact that Hungarians from the highlands should suffer disadvantages based on historically outmoded legislation.
"You can't give up on ethnic politics, because that would mean giving up on yourself"
Katalin Szili stated.
The prime minister's chief adviser also spoke about the European Union's attitude to the issues of national minorities, pointing out that it is incomplete both in its content and in its institutional system, and that is why it is important that the Hungarians from the highlands get their own representation in the EP in next year's European Parliament elections. He reminded: in the past few days, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that they will start the process of establishing Corsican autonomy, and this step may make the EU leadership and the national minority communities think about whether the autonomy aspirations do have a right to exist.
"Everyone must understand that we are not against anyone, we want to live in good neighborly relations. When it comes to these things, we only want what every European citizen deserves."
Katalin Szili added.
MTI
Featured image: In the photo published by the Csemadok, the largest Hungarian cultural and public organization in the Highlands, Katalin Szili, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister (b3), Lt. Col. László Leskó, Defense Force, Military and Air Force Attaché (b5) and Sándor Szelepcsényi, an expatriate from the Highlands (b2), are Hungarians displaced from the Highlands at a commemoration event held in the garden of the Hungarian elementary school in Bratislava, which belongs to Bratislava, on October 8, 2023. MTI/Csemadok/Kornél Kaszás
