Slovakian-Hungarian rapprochement remains difficult

In the coming week the new Slovakian Prime Minister Iveta Radičová will meet her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán in an attempt to ease the conflicts between the two EU neighbours. The liberal daily Sme doubts the meeting will be of any use: "It is about time Bratislava and Budapest returned to normal relations. ... But this will require a change of attitude on the part of Orbán and his associates. That's a vain hope, however, if the most recent statements by the Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi in the Berliner Zeitung are any indication. He still can't understand what Slovakia finds unacceptable about the Hungarian law on dual nationality. With a head of diplomacy who fails to understand that his country has no business concerning itself with the citizens of another country on that country's territory, it's safe to assume that all meetings will be just a waste of time."

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