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"Mr President, reflecting on my speech concerning the situation of the ethnic Hungarians living in Latvia, Mr Zīle of Latvia accused me of ‘telling lies to this Parliament’. I come from a different political culture and do not use phrases of this kind about a fellow parliamentarian. I am sure he is just an innocent victim of a misunderstanding.
After his intervention, I had the opportunity to talk to the leaders of the Hungarian minority of his country. I understand that for Hungarians living in Latvia, it is nearly impossible to pass the so-called citizenship exams, despite the fact that they have been educated there. On the other hand, those from other ethnic origins – Latvians and some other Baltic nations – have free, or almost free, access to citizenship. That is what I referred to and is what I called an unfair policy.
Generally speaking, any kind of ethnic discrimination is against the basic democratic ideals of this Union, but in the case of Hungarians, even the historical arguments are missing for such discrimination."@en1
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