{"id":2105,"date":"2026-05-06T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/brussels-must-not-turn-a-blind-eye-to-violations-of-hungarians-rights-in-transcarpathia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T02:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:27:07","slug":"brussels-must-not-turn-a-blind-eye-to-violations-of-hungarians-rights-in-transcarpathia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/brussels-must-not-turn-a-blind-eye-to-violations-of-hungarians-rights-in-transcarpathia\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Must Not Turn a Blind Eye to Violations of Hungarians\u2019 Rights in Transcarpathia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At the meeting of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Foreign Affairs, MEPs held an exchange of views with representatives of Ukraine\u2019s Verkhovna Rada on the situation in Ukraine and the country\u2019s accession to the European Union.<\/strong> <strong>Vikt\u00f3ria Ferenc, MEP for Fidesz\u2013KDNP and the member of the Patriots for Europe group, pointed out: \u201cIt has been nearly two years since the European Union launched accession talks with Ukraine.<\/strong> <strong>At that time, clear and binding conditions were set: among others, concerning the rights of national minorities, in line with Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, the Copenhagen criteria, and the Constitution of Ukraine. Ukraine pledged to fulfil its commitments in this area when the accession talks began, yet to this day no tangible progress has been made, particularly when it comes to clearly identifiable and enforceable legal acts. The Hungarian community in Transcarpathia has not yet fully regained the scope of rights it previously enjoyed.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOlha Stefanishyna, Ukraine\u2019s former Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, also confirmed that Ukraine would fully address and implement the 11 points raised, particularly by Hungary, concerning the protection of national minorities,\u201d Vikt\u00f3ria Ferenc stated.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MEP of Transcarpathian origin pointed out that, after nearly two years, it is justified to assess where Ukraine currently stands on the protection of national minorities. In this context, Vikt\u00f3ria Ferenc addressed questions to representatives of the Verkhovna Rada regarding how the right to national cultural autonomy is being guaranteed and how the free use of national symbols is ensured in practice. She also sought answers on how the issue of parliamentary representation for national minorities is currently being handled in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese are, of course, only a few elements among the 11 points and they do not yet cover important areas such as the language of education or broader human rights considerations. I sincerely hope that these commitments will soon be reflected in clear, tangible and measurable progress on the ground,\u201d the MEP concluded.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeveral representatives of the Verkhovna Rada took the floor during the meeting, and it became evident from their remarks that there is no real political will to fully restore the rights of national minorities \u2014 despite being aware that national minorities \u2014 including the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia \u2014 are also enduring the tragedies of war and are sacrificing their lives in the fighting for the country,\u201d Vikt\u00f3ria Ferenc stated after the session.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>06 May 2026, Brussels<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the meeting of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Foreign Affairs, MEPs held an exchange of views with representatives of Ukraine\u2019s Verkhovna Rada on the situation in Ukraine and the country\u2019s accession to the European Union. Vikt\u00f3ria Ferenc, MEP for Fidesz\u2013KDNP and the member of the Patriots for Europe group, pointed out: \u201cIt has been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hungarians-in-transcarpathia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferencviktoria.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}