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Ukraine has removed individual and community rights, says Hungarian minister
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Despite all the debates about European values, there is general consensus that the rights of ethnic minorities are among the values of Europe, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office told a plenary session of the Forum of Hungarian Deputies in the Carpathian Basin (KMKF) in Budapest on Friday.
Gergely Gulyás, referring to the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, said the Hungarian government was loyal to Ukraine, a country which had been attacked, but added that “it is inconcievable that Ukraine, neglecting European values and trampling on the community and individual rights should become an European Union member”.
“We expect Ukraine to restore the individual and community rights that it has removed since 2015,” Gulyás said. He added that a lack of those rights made Hungarian education in Transcarpathia “extremely difficult”.
The Hungarian government urges “the earliest ceasefire and peace” in Ukraine, a position that “not only serves our interests but will save Ukrainian and Hungarian lives”, he added.