Fidesz MP: No Room For Hate Speech In Hungary

  • 26 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
Fidesz MP: No Room For Hate Speech In Hungary
Hungary’s political elite should be united in saying that there is no room for hate speech in public life, lawmaker of ruling Fidesz Gergely Gulyás said in Budapest on Monday. Addressing a conference organised by Political Capital Institute (PCI) and Szombat Jewish Political and Cultural Magazine, he said that no relativisation of any murderous dictatorial rule is acceptable, and both left and right-wing dictatorships should be condemned.

He said that Hungary’s new civil code opens up the chance for people insulted due to of their affiliation to a community to sue and claim damages from the perpetrator.

Co-leader of the green opposition LMP party, András Schiffer, said the police had let slip plenty of chances to crack down on hate mongers over the past few years.

He argued that unsuccessful government was a breeding ground for racist speech. He added that the radical nationalist Jobbik party should only be banned if an institutional link can be proven between the party and violent groups.

MP Pál Steiner of the Socialists said that Holocaust denial is a crude manifestation of anti-Semitism that “goes beyond all boundaries” and “deeply injures all sober-minded people”.


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