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Deputy PM Semjén: Nation Can Survive Only If All Parts Survive
The Hungarian nation can survive only if all of its parts survive, the deputy prime minister in charge of nation policy, church affairs and Hungarian communities abroad said on Sunday.
Zsolt Semjén told public radio Kossuth that opposition DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány had ruined Hungary’s nation policy when he was prime minister. At the change of government in 2010, “the ruins had to be cleared up and a new nation policy built from scratch”, he added.
At the December 2004 referendum on granting Hungarian citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living beyond the borders Gyurcsány proved himself capable of “manifest national betrayal” by campaigning against his own nation, causing a “spiritual Trianon” for those Hungarians living outside of the borders, he said, referring to the post-WWI Trianon Treaty.
Hungary has an interest in maintaining ties as good as possible with Romania the chance of which is now probably better than ever before, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday evening.
Szijjártó noted that as a result of talks during the day, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) will be part of the neighbouring country’s next coalition government.
“The RMDSZ, as a party in the governing coalition will, I hope, serve as a strong link between us and so we will be able to substantially improve our bilateral relations. This is in the interest of all of us Romanians and Hungarians, on both sides of the border,” the foreign minister said on Facebook.