Deutsch
English
FrançaisSub menu: Home
Home / Index of Authors
Vilček, Ivan
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Orbán helps Slovakian nationalists
Prime minister designate Viktor Orbán is behaving "like a bull in a china shop" with his law on Hungarian citizenship for Hungarians in neighbouring countries, writes the leftist daily Právo: "Orbán has managed to catapult relations between Budapest and Bratislava right back to the 19th century. After all, the law applies to the citizens of a sovereign neighbouring state which stands on territory which once belonged to Hungary. ... In this manner Orbán is entering the fray of the Slovakian election campaign and playing right into the hands of Ján Slota's nationalists. The sad thing about it is that this is all happening at the expense of those affected by the law. No one has asked the Hungarians in southern Slovakia whether they're at all interested in having Hungarian citizenship."
» more information (external link, Czech)
More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Domestic Policy, » Minorities, » EU neighbourhood policy, » Hungary, » Slovakia
No rapprochement between neighbours Slovakia and Hungary
Relations between the two neighbours Slovakia and Hungary are bad owing to historical differences, the treatment of their respective minorities in the other country and a dispute over a joint dam on the Danube which was built in the Socialist era. At the EU summit currently being held in Brussels, the two heads of government, Ferenc Gyurcsány and Robert Fico, inevitably bump into each other, but they have repeatedly postponed a long overdue bilateral meeting. Ivan Vilček sees this as proof that the "atmosphere between the two neighbouring states has been lastingly poisoned and that time doesn't heal all wounds. Paradoxically, both countries are led by left-wing governments. Fico would be having a much harder time if the right-wing populist Viktor Orban was in power in Hungary. However, Gyurcsány is under strong pressure from the right wing and this undermines his position and influences his stance in the negotiations with Bratislava."
» to the homepage (external link, Právo)
More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Domestic Policy, » History, » Hungary, » Slovakia
© 2005-2012