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lpv:translated text	". Mr President, more than a year ago, on Thursday 16 September 2004 to be precise, this House again debated the alarming situation in Vojvodina and the threats faced by the Hungarian minority in this Serbian province. The day before, a Hungarian girl from Subotica/Szabadka made a shocking discovery. Ready for school, 13-year old Klementina Sötét opened the front door on that Wednesday morning, 15 September 2004, only to find what she thought was blood on the door. Klementina recoiled in horror and ran back inside. Upon closer inspection, the word ‘dead’ was written on the door in red, Cyrillic letters, and a 35 cm knife had been stuck in the middle of the door. The words ‘Hungarians, you will die’ were written on the freshly painted walls of the house of the Sötét family. As far as I know, the Sötét family is currently living in a refugee camp in Hungary, as they could no longer bear the anti-Hungarian atmosphere in Vojvodina. We are now a year down the line, but, sadly, not much further down the line metaphorically speaking. In its report last month, the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation reported that since an EP fact-finding mission has been based in Vojvodina since the end of January, no fewer than 32 new incidents have taken place, with minorities specifically targeted. That is depressing for sure, particularly for the Hungarian minority who live there. For this House, though, this is an extra reason to take up their cause openly, and not just in the defensive sense of prevention and penalisation of ethnic expressions of hatred in Vojvodina. The European Parliament is just as much in favour of a positive interpretation of the rights of national minorities. That is why I stand by the questions I put to the Council and Commission a year ago: What is the situation on language teaching and other cultural facilities (including newspapers, magazines and other media) for the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina? And how much money is the Serbian Government earmarking for public facilities for this specific ethnic group? It has already been announced that this House will be conducting hearings on the political situation in Vojvodina, and I am looking forward to them. This is a splendid initiative by our Delegation for South Eastern Europe under the inspiring leadership of Mrs Pack, who chairs it. That way, the Serbian authorities will also find out that the European Parliament will not agree to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Brussels and Belgrade until such time as Hungarians and other minorities in Vojvodina can live in a truly democratic, constitutional state."@en1

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