the Ukrainian Pravda According to his summary, this is the request of the Hungarian government
All settlements in Subcarpathia should be recognized as “traditionally Hungarian”, even if no Hungarians historically lived in those settlements.
According to the newspaper, the Hungarian government indicated that during the last population census in Ukraine in 2001, the percentage of Hungarians in Transcarpathia as a whole was more than 10 percent.
The document reminds us that in the last 100 years, where the proportion of Hungarians was more than 10 percent, it was considered a “traditional” minority area, where the rights of Hungarians were specially guaranteed.
However, based on the leaked list of requests, the Hungarian government submitted It also calls for the abolition of the 10% rule in principle for individual settlementsThat is, if a small number of Hungarians live in a certain area, it is already considered Hungarian territory.
Orders include this The decision on declaring Hungarian territory should not be decided by local governments traditionally, but should be automatic. The reason for this is that there are settlements in which the local council does not recognize special status despite the required percentage.
According to the newspaper, this is a categorical demand on the part of Hungary We start with the 2001 census figures. – Without achieving this, the other points cannot be achieved either. According to Egrobievska Pravda, this request is based on the fact that since 2001, the proportion of the Hungarian population in Transcarpathia has fallen to less than 10 percent.
Front page photo: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, Andriy Jermak, Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (PG) hold a press conference after their meeting in Ungvar on January 29, 2024. MTI/János Nemes
