A long report has been published before guardian On the situation of the Hungarians in Transcarpathia, which 444 Stabbed out. They state that tensions arose because of the Minority Language Law, which makes it difficult for local residents to teach the Hungarian language between Kiev and Budapest, which brought with it broader diplomatic confrontations. The British newspaper notes that Viktor Orban’s government invested large sums of money in the region, provided financial support and facilitated naturalization opportunities for residents living here, which the previous Ukrainian leaders considered interference in their internal affairs.
The debate is mostly about language rights: Hungary advocates the protection of minority languages, especially Hungarian, against a Ukrainian policy restricting the use of non-Ukrainian languages.
The Guardian spoke with David Pressman, the US ambassador to Budapest, who said he had repeatedly suggested to several Hungarian officials that the US government was “ready to assist at the highest level in communicating with the Ukrainian government” on the issue of minorities, but the Hungarian government did not respond.
For an issue of such importance in the Hungarian government’s political outreach, it is striking that no official accepted the American offer to help them actually address the issue.
The diplomat told the newspaper.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has backed down: a Kiev government bill, already being discussed, aims to address Budapest’s concerns about language rights, allowing all subjects except the Ukrainian language, literature and history to be taught in Hungarian in Hungarian schools. – Populated areas.
Cover photo: David Pressman, the new US Ambassador to Budapest, at the press conference held after his arrival at Ferenc Liszt Airport on September 2, 2022. Photo credit: MTI Photo/Szilárd Koszticsák
