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We can still remember the fear we felt when we crossed the iron curtain of the time with valid passports in our pockets. The passport was valid in vain, and we got all the stamps in it in vain, because something could always happen at the border. Or, if not, we were afraid of it because crossing the border was an extraordinary event in Europe.
Since the iron curtain came down, border traffic has become simpler, but the checks have remained, and the borders can still only be crossed at a few designated places, which primarily made life more difficult for the people living there. Now that has ended too, and the borders – as Hungarian democrats have wanted for many decades – have ‘turned into thin air’. From now on we shall also find it natural that the people who live near the border can go across into another country just as naturally as from, let’s say, Budapest to Budakeszi by car, by the number 22 bus or on foot using footpaths.
Complete freedom of movement without checks is particularly important for people belonging to the same nation who live on both sides of the border. Recently we have not adopted much legislation that is more important than this, and I am proud that I can be part of this wonderful process!"@en1
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