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"Mr President, I would like to call the attention of Parliament and the Commission to a shocking phenomenon, which has already been explained here by some of my fellow Members. It is the absurdity of the situation which makes us think that it deserves the attention of both the Commission and Parliament.
Olivér Boldogi, a Slovakian citizen of Hungarian descent, has recently had his Slovakian citizenship withdrawn solely because he took on that of another EU Member State, namely Hungary. Slovakia’s message with this is that if an EU citizen takes on the citizenship of another EU Member State, he or she becomes worthless and dispensable. The question is whether the withdrawal of citizenship can be used as a sanction against a citizen who has been habitually residing in the country, in his homeland, since birth, and is paying his taxes there. We cannot say that this person has severed his ties to the state. This method of deprivation of rights goes against both Community trust and the Slovakian Constitution, according to which nobody may be involuntarily deprived of their Slovakian citizenship. This grave action can be considered part of the regular acts of intimidation the entire Hungarian minority community has to endure. The message is that Hungarians …"@en1
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