Kántor Zoltán
Bethlen Gábor Fund
A separate public fund set up in April 2011 to help achieve the objectives of the Hungarian Government’s kin-state policy strategy. Its funds are managed by Bethlen Gábor Fund Management...Author: Bárdi Nándor, Kántor Zoltán
Committee on National Cohesion
In the Hungarian Parliament issues concerning Hungarians living beyond the border were previously discussed in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (between 2006 and 2010 in the Committee on Foreign Affairs...Author: Kántor Zoltán
cross-border reunification
A cross-border reunification is the concept of uniting Hungarians living in neighbouring states and in the diaspora without border modification, strengthening the sense of belonging of dispersed Hungarians, and institutionalising...Author: Kántor Zoltán
democracy and the minority question
In a liberal democracy based on equal suffrage, if political fault lines appear along ethnic or national identity lines, minorities have minor chance of gaining a role in government. Democracy,...Author: Bárdi Nándor, Kántor Zoltán
ethno-cultural homogenisation
ethno-cultural homogenisation is the aspiration of nation states to create a homogeneous state from an ethno-cultural point of view, based on the culture and language of the national majority by...Author: Kántor Zoltán
Forum of Hungarian Representatives in the Carpathian Basin (Kárpát-medencei Magyar Képviselők Fóruma – KMKF)
First convened in 2004, the aim of the Forum of Hungarian Representatives in the Carpathian Basin (Kárpát-medencei Magyar Képviselők Fóruma – KMKF) is to make cooperation between Hungarian parliamentary parties...Author: Kántor Zoltán
Hungarian Diaspora Council (Magyar Diaszpóra Tanács – MDT)
Taking into account the specific needs of Hungarians living in the diaspora the Hungarian Diaspora Council (Magyar Diaszpóra Tanács – MDT) was established in 2011. It focuses on the specific...Author: Kántor Zoltán
Hungarian diaspora strategy
The framework document entitled ‘Hungarian Diaspora Policy – Strategic Directions’, which contains the most important aspirations of the Hungarian diaspora policy, was adopted in 2016 by the Hungarian Diaspora Council....Author: Kántor Zoltán
Hungarian kin-state policy and kin-state policy strategy
The kin-state policy thinking and strategic direction is set out in the publication ‘Policy for Hungarian Communities Abroad – The Strategic Framework for Hungarian Communities Abroad’ (2011), adopted by the...Author: Kántor Zoltán
Hungarian Standing Conference (Magyar Állandó Értekezlet – MÁÉRT)
The Hungarian Standing Conference (Magyar Állandó Értekezlet – MÁÉRT) was established on 20 February 1999 as the main Hungarian-Hungarian political conciliation forum. The Hungarian Standing Conference (Magyar Állandó Értekezlet –...Author: Kántor Zoltán
institutional framework for relations with the kin-state (motherland)
Decisions of kin-state policy are made in the Hungarian Parliament on the one hand, and at Hungarian–Hungarian consultative and decision-making forums on the other. As a consequence of its constitutional...Author: Kántor Zoltán
kin-state policy
kin-state policy is the Hungarian state’s policy towards Hungarians beyond the borders – in neighbouring countries and in other countries of the world – which strengthens the relationship between the...Author: Bárdi Nándor, Kántor Zoltán
national cohesion / national unity
The national cohesion / national unity is the basic political principle which despite political and social differences sees Hungarians living in dispersion as members of the same national cultural and...Author: Kántor Zoltán
nationalism
nationalism as a neutral concept of social science refers to the institutionalisation of majority and minority societies on a national basis. Since the 18th and 19th century societies have been...Author: Kántor Zoltán
Preferential Treatment Law (Status Law)
The legislation on Hungarians living in neighbouring countries was adopted in 2001. The primary aim of the Act was to express that all Hungarians living abroad belong to the Hungarian...Author: Kántor Zoltán
prosperity in one’s native land
The basis of Hungarian kin-state policy – both as a constitutional obligation and in strategic aspirations – is to support prosperity in one’s native land. Its starting point is the...Author: Kántor Zoltán
protection of Hungarian memorial sites abroad
The monuments and sites are protected under the Rómer Flóris Plan (2015). Within the framework of the Plan the built cultural heritage of Hungarian significance abroad will be explored, studied,...Author: Kántor Zoltán
simplified naturalisation
On 26 May 2010 the Hungarian Citizenship Act was amended, as a result of which the preferential naturalisation of Hungarians living beyond the border commenced on 1 January 2011. The...Author: Kántor Zoltán
State Secretariat for Kin-State Policy
Since 2010 national policy is steered by the Deputy Prime Minister responsibility for Kin-State Policy. In the new system set up after the 2010 elections the State Secretariat for Kin-State...Author: Kántor Zoltán
voting rights of Hungarians living beyond the borders
According to the Electoral Act CCIII of 2011, Hungarian citizens living abroad may participate in Hungarian elections and national referendums. Foreign citizens who do not have a Hungarian address must...Author: Kántor Zoltán