National Cohesion Day Marked In Hungary On 95th Anniversary Of Trianon Signing

  • 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
National Cohesion Day Marked In Hungary On 95th Anniversary Of Trianon Signing
Hungarians can only leave behind the role of the victim left by Trianon if they can strengthen national cohesion in the 21st century, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said. Hungarians can use the resources of Christian spiritual roots, the Hungarian language, culture and history to this end, he said addressing an event marking National Cohesion Day in Hatvan, central Hungary.

Árpád Potápi, the state secretary in charge of policy for Hungarian communities abroad, said at a commemoration that Hungarians only self-destructed in 1918 due to a lack of cohesion, adding that 95 years after the signing of the Trianon peace treaty Hungarians should never forget the events that “bond them together”.

Lajos Kósa, the deputy leader of the ruling Fidesz party, said in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, that an “intact Hungary” is the opposite of the post- Trianon “truncated Hungary”. In this sense Hungary should be seen not as a Greater Hungary but intact in spirit, self-confidence and self-worth.

The green party LMP said it is everyone’s task in Hungary today to “learn from our past and move on from the tragedy of Trianon”. And to achieve this viable communities in the mother country and across the borders are needed, Mária Hajdú, a spokeswoman for the party’s remembrance policies, told a commemoration in Budapest.

Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said at an event in Gyöngyös, in northern Hungary, that the issue of Trianon and Hungarians living “torn away” from the motherland should be free of party politics.

He said the world must be shown that Hungarians are united on this issue. The opposition Socialists said the day was a good occasion for establishing that Hungarians, “within the borders of Hungary and beyond, formed a single national community”.

The party said all Hungarians should be considered part of the nation, regardless of where they lived, whether they “left the country for a better or freer life”. Zsolt Gréczy, spokesman for the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), said Trianon was one of the most tragic days but hopefully the “common Europe will one day ease the grief”.

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