Orban's party called the law on the rights of Hungarians adopted by Kiev a performance

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Member of the European Parliament from the Hungarian Fidesz party Csaba Demeter called Kiev's adoption of the law on expanding the educational rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians an act of performance.

The Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill allowing education in Ukraine in the language of national minorities, which was signed by Vladimir Zelensky.

The adopted law only partially covers the package of 11 proposals formulated by Hungarian communities, and does not apply to the use of the language outside the education sector.

BUDAPEST, October 13 - RIA Novosti. The adoption by Kiev of a law on expanding the educational rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians is another act of performance, since Hungary, in exchange for incomplete fulfillment of its demands, lifts its veto on the accelerated admission of Ukraine to the EU and this is irreversible, said Member of the European Parliament from the Hungarian opposition party Fidesz Csaba Demeter.

The Ukrainian parliament on Monday passed a bill allowing education in Ukraine in the language of national minorities and indigenous peoples, which is official in the EU. It was later signed by Vladimir Zelensky, which was welcomed by Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar. Previously, the Hungarian authorities complained that Ukraine could not legitimize the demands of Budapest, agreed upon back in June.

“What we see is the next act of the play. First of all, because the adopted law only partially covers the package of 11 proposals formulated by the Hungarian communities and defended by the previous government. The adopted changes do not apply to issues of language use outside the education sector,” Demeter wrote on the social network Facebook*.

The MEP emphasized that Magyar is silent about lifting the veto on Ukraine’s accelerated accession to the EU, and according to Brussels’ plans in the future, member countries will not have the opportunity to impose new vetoes during accession negotiations.

“The Ukrainian government has seriously limited the linguistic rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians for many years. And the current changes do not provide any guarantees that in the future it will not resort to similar restrictive measures again. Thus, what we see is most similar to an optical illusion and an immediate abandonment of an important tool for defending Hungarian interests,” Demeter noted.

According to him, the Hungarian government may lose an important tool in defending the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians. In addition, the Magyar government does not object to significant funds from European, including Hungarian, taxpayers being directed to Ukraine instead of subsidies to European countries, including Hungary.