He just knows. Green politician Viola von Cramon-Taubadel believes that there is no question of violent Ukrainianization.
Clara Lipkowski, the editor of the t-online, spoke to analysts and politicians about Hungarian-Ukrainian relations. The author writes that the experts consider it only an excuse that Viktor Orbán is trying to delay the start of accession negotiations with Kyiv by referring to the Hungarian minority in Ukraine.
"The pro-Kremlin politician is threatening a veto, but he can torpedo the decision planned for the middle of next month. But according to analysts, it is actually driven by a cold political calculation"
- can be read in the article.
Dmitro Tuzsanskij, an employee of Globsec in Bratislava, noted that Fidesz pumped a good 250 million euros into Transcarpathia in the last 3 years. According to him, the problem is that "it was often not tied to the nose of the Ukrainian authorities, what they gave money for".
According to Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, a German Green Party MEP representative, it is clear: "Transcarpathia is just a tool for Orbán". The representative disputes that the minority would be oppressed:
"If we look at the rights Hungarians have in the region, we can hardly find any other minority that has more rights"
the politician told t-online.
"The people there live very well, they can do everything in Hungarian, and they can even go to Hungary to study." There is no question of violent Ukrainianization
he noted.
According to Cramon-Taubadel, "Orbán is hiding behind the backs of Transcarpathian Hungarians because he wants to get the frozen EU funds. In other words, he is trying to corner the EU".
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