The Hungarian Chamber of Commerce (MKIK) and 14 private individuals have set up a new organization to build economic cooperation between countries of the Carpathian Basin.
The House Speaker said Hungarians are still the most populous people and Hungary the most populous country in the Carpathian Basin, with Hungarian being the most widely spoken language.
According to the state secretary in charge of Hungarian communities abroad, the government is making every effort to help people who want to preserve their Hungarian identity to remain Hungarian
The opening event of the scheme dubbed “Year of Ethnic Hungarian Families Abroad” will be held on February 2nd
As a result of wars and the re-drawing of borders that have taken place in recent centuries, today’s borders in Europe rarely correspond to the physical location of the continent’s national groups. About one third of the 15 million-strong, ethnic Hungarian community, lives outside the borders of Hungary, mostly in the Carpathian Basin. These Hungarian communities, just as much as any other European national minorities, have the right to maintain their thousand year-old culture in the European Union.
5 October 2017