Ukrainian laws on education, language and national minorities irritate Budapest and are key issues in relations between Ukraine and Hungary today. In particular, the government of Viktor Orban considers these laws to be discriminatory against Hungarians living in Transcarpathia, while the Ukrainian authorities say they want to help them integrate into Ukrainian society.. In an interview with ZN. UA, the leader of the parliamentary opposition party Momentum, Ferenc Gelencher, with whom Vladimir Kravchenko spoke, explained the position of his political force in relation to these laws.

“Momentum does not consider the adopted law on education, languages \u200b\u200band national minorities to be satisfactory. We consider it very important that ethnic Hungarians, regardless of which countries they live in - Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, speak the language of the titular nation. Because it will help them get a better education in life and have a better position in the labor market.. But it is also important that the acquisition of the language of the titular nation by the Hungarian-speaking citizens of Ukraine does not take place by force.. The fact that the teaching of the Ukrainian language for foreign nationalities is supposed to be a native language, and not as a state language, leads to natural human resistance to any coercion,” said Gelencher.

Answering the question whether the politician considers these laws discriminatory, he replied that “there are comments on them”. He recalled that with regard to the latest law on national minorities, Hungary sent its comments to the Embassy of Ukraine in Budapest..

“But, in my opinion, with the advancement of Ukraine to the European Union, the problems are leveled, because the legislation of Ukraine must be synchronized with European legislation,” Gelechner emphasized..

After all, the opposition politician believes that Ukraine and Hungary have more in common than they divide. He noted that ethnic Hungarians defend Ukraine from Russians on the front line..

“Transcarpathian Hungarians are also fighting on the front line, because Ukraine is their homeland. A few days ago, we talked with a Hungarian who perfectly formulated this question: “I am a Hungarian, my native language is Hungarian, but I have lived all my life in Ukraine. Ukraine is my motherland" And I think these words are the quintessence, the crux of the matter.. Because you can only be loyal to one homeland,” Gelencher added..

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Ferenc Gelencher is convinced that under the current Hungarian government, escalation is the way to consolidate Hungarian society. And what is happening today in the Mukachevo region of Transcarpathia is not in the interests of Ukraine, Ukrainians, Transcarpathian Hungarians. According to him, this is all in the interests of the Russian Federation and the Hungarian government.. The opposition politician noted that the government of his country is trying to ensure that the Hungarian society does not feel solidarity towards Ukraine and Ukrainians.