What’s the link between WW1 and Hungary’s 675,000 new citizens? spotlight image

What’s the link between WW1 and Hungary’s 675,000 new citizens?

Press quote (Euronews)
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
29 January 2015

Agata Gostyńska, from the Centre of European Reform, said: “The memory of the 1920 treaty is still alive in the minds of most Hungarians and Orban is exploiting the fact that Hungarians still cannot come to terms with losing so much territory. I think part of Orban’s strategy is to play with these resentments and enhance the sense of national identity among Hungarians.”

...Miss Gostyńska said it had also fuelled tensions between Hungary and Romania, opening up the possibility that ethnic Hungarians in the Romanian region of Transylvania – fresh from being given dual citizenship – will seek some sort of autonomy.