Marcel Szabó, Hungary’s deputy ombudsman in charge of future generations, told the press on Normafa hill that the planting symbolises every Hungarian child’s roots in the country and their right to an equal chance in life.

A bill to make the scheme legally binding will be submitted to parliament by the autumn with the aim of enforcing it on January 1, 2016, the ombudsman’s office said.

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