Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-09-Speech-3-123"
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"Right at the start of my speech I want to say that I am not happy to see two neighbouring countries that are both part of today’s common Europe washing their dirty linen here in the European Parliament.
What is the case of the Hungarian village of Mlynky about? According to the latest statistics, 54% of the village’s inhabitants are Slovaks. The mayor of Mlynky has evicted five Slovak associations from the two rooms in which they carried out their activities. Let me say that when it comes to treatment of the Slovak minority, this act is only the tip of the iceberg. In a Slovak school in the Hungarian village, Slovak is taught as a foreign language for 3 hours a week and a priest says mass in Hungarian. The bilingual village paper is not published any more.
I want to thank the Hungarian President, Mr Sólyom, who visited the village right at the beginning and listened to both parties. I also want to thank the Hungarian Ombudsman, who in this case favours the Slovak minority. The local authorities, however, seem to be standing their ground. The friendship bridge near the town of Ostrihom, paid for with EU funds, is only 30 kilometres away from this village. I hope that friendship prevails in this area, the friendship symbolised by this bridge."@en1
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