The European Union must create peace in its neighbourhood, it must be able to protect its external borders against illegal migration, and it must stop applying double standards to Poland and Hungary: this is the clear position of the Hungarian government, János Bóka, Minister for European Union Affairs, said in a statement to MTI in Brussels on Tuesday.
On his arrival at the meeting of EU ministers responsible for EU affairs, János Bóka said that during the informal breakfast meeting he presented the Hungarian position on the rights and situation of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia.
"The Hungarian government would like to see a solution that regulates not only education, but also issues covered by the language and minority law in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, in line with the pre-2015 situation," he said.
He said that the recent visit of President of the Republic Katalin Novák to Ukraine gave a new impetus to the discussions on the situation of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia. In her opinion, it is important that this momentum is matched by real political will and that its results are tangible.
János Bóka also said that since Monday he had been holding talks with the European Commission's chief officials on the preparation for the Hungarian EU Presidency.
(Source: Hungarian News Agency)
