The European Parliament today held a debate in connection with the 30th anniversary of the publication of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. It is unfortunate that the adoption of the EP resolution related to the topic could not be put on the agenda due to the opposition votes of the Hungarian left-wing representatives.
Kinga Gál MEP, the president of the Fidesz European Parliament group, said in her speech: “Several million EU citizens are treated as second-class citizens in many member states of the Union. The vanguard of anti-discrimination, the European Commission, is not even willing to deal with the protection of these communities. They are the victims of the double standard”.
Andrea Bocskor MEP emphasized in the debate: “It is important that the rights of native national and linguistic minorities do not only exist on paper, but also in reality. However, European decision-makers, using double standards, only examine the problems of certain minorities under a magnifying glass, while they turn a blind eye to the violations of rights affecting traditional national minorities.”
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