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Parliament adopts resolution declaring support for Minority SafePack
The Minority SafePack is an initiative urging European Union protection for national and linguistic minorities in the bloc.
Minority SafePack Citizens' Initiative
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Fidesz MEP slams EC for rejecting Minority SafePack citizen’s initiative
Kinga Gál said in a statement that the EC “did not take the initiative seriously, even though it is risking its own credibility and the trust of citizens.”
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The last obstacle has been removed from the EU’s Minority SafePack, says government official
“This is a great success concerning the rights of the continent’s indigenous minorities,” Potápi said
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Minority SafePack European Citizens’ initiative close to securing one million signatures
The Minority SafePack European Citizens’ initiative requires one million signatures from at least seven EU member states by April 3rd for the European Commission to put the scheme on its...
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PM Orbán asks for your support for the “Minority SafePack” initiative
“I urge you to come together and stand up for the rights of Hungarians living beyond our borders, by signing the Minority SafePack initiative in which we can protect the rights of Hungarians beyond our borders,” the prime minister said
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Fidesz signs Minority SafePack to help protect ethnic minorities in Europe
The Minority SafePack initiative, launched by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), aims to collect at least one million signatures in seven countries before April 3rd to ensure the EU focuses on minorities throughout the bloc
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Ethnic Hungarians: a nation in a united Europe
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.