US EditionSlovak Law on Beneš Decrees Triggers Criticism in Hungary
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A legislative amendment in Slovakia provides for political debates in Hungary.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's chief adviser Katalin Szili has called on Brussels to take action against a Slovak law that concerns the post-war decrees of President Edvard Beneš in an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The amendment to the Slovak Criminal Code allows for prison sentences for public criticism or denial of Beneš's decrees.
Relations in the V4 are becoming more complicated. Officially, Orbán and Fico do not blame each other, but pressure from the opposition is forcing them to engage in a dispute over the amendment to the Beneš decrees. At the same time, Hungary has given Poland another round of criticism.
More than five thousand people have already signed the petition launched by three Hungarian activists in Slovakia, international lawyer János Fiala-Butora, monument defender Örs Orosz and engineer Attila Stubendek, against the amendment to the law that would make criticizing the Beneš decrees, which declared Hungarians and Germans collectively guilty after World War II, punishable by up to six months in prison. The members of the petition commit…
The Slovak side stated that they "fully respect" the actions of the Hungarian Prime Minister's chief advisor, who turned to the European Commission for an investigation.
The Hungarian Prime Minister's Chief Advisor for Hungarians Abroad, Katalin Szili, addressed an open letter to the President of the European Co...
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