Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-16-Speech-4-130"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-09-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vojvodina: harassment of minorities2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040916.6.4-130"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-09-16-Speech-4-1312
lpv:speaker	lp:Gyula Hegyi2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, a very sad part of this story is the fact that most of the victims of ethnic harassment are young Hungarians. Traditionally, Vojvodina has been a region in which many cultures and languages have existed together, and its youngsters have learned each other's culture and language. I am very happy to hear that our Dutch and German colleagues from different political groups understand this, which means that this is also well known to Europe as a whole. This issue, as has already been mentioned, is not only a Hungarian one. During Tito's decades in power, many nationalities lived together in the autonomous region of Vojvodina: Croatians, Czechs, Slovaks, Romanians, Poles, Germans, Jews and other minorities lived together with Hungarians and Serbs. Now this peaceful coexistence is endangered by some extreme nationalists: Serbian politicians, policemen and other wrongdoers. The Hungarian youth of Vojvodina has a very rich, special and progressive culture, which is different from the culture in the Hungarian motherland. These young people were born into the spirit of a multiethnic culture and they understand both the Hungarian and Serbian cultures and traditions. The young should be the future of the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina. If they leave their homeland, not only the Hungarian community but also Serbia in its entirety will lose a valuable part of its culture and its democratic future. Young Hungarians in Serbia want to be good Hungarians, good citizens of a democratic Serbia, but, above all, good Europeans. They want to remain in the land where they were born. Let us help them to stay in their homeland. The western community reacted too late in many cases to the use of ethnic harassment in the Balkans. We have all seen the tragic consequences. This time we have to answer without delay and send an encouraging message to the Hungarians, emphasising that they can stay in their homeland in a would-be democratic Vojvodina, in a would-be democratic Serbia of the future."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2004-10-12)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Hegyi (PSE )."1

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