Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe
<p>In 2010, Hungary amended its Citizenship Act to pave the way for a preferential naturalisation of Hungarians living abroad. This was met with great alarm among Hungary’s neighbours: As a consequence of the Trianon Peace Treaty in the aftermath of World War I, by which Hungary lost large swa...
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description | <p>In 2010, Hungary amended its Citizenship Act to pave the way for a preferential naturalisation of Hungarians living abroad. This was met with great alarm among Hungary’s neighbours: As a consequence of the Trianon Peace Treaty in the aftermath of World War I, by which Hungary lost large swaths of its territory, a considerable part of the citizenship of Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine and other states nowadays consists of ethnic Hungarians. Four years after, tensions between Hungary and its neighbours with respect to dual citizenship are still palpable, since the number of new Hungarian citizens increases continually and already exceeds half million.</p>
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spelling | doaj.art-f8f1f1e0f5694faea02a7fd3895e7a382022-12-22T03:03:58ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe<p>In 2010, Hungary amended its Citizenship Act to pave the way for a preferential naturalisation of Hungarians living abroad. This was met with great alarm among Hungary’s neighbours: As a consequence of the Trianon Peace Treaty in the aftermath of World War I, by which Hungary lost large swaths of its territory, a considerable part of the citizenship of Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine and other states nowadays consists of ethnic Hungarians. Four years after, tensions between Hungary and its neighbours with respect to dual citizenship are still palpable, since the number of new Hungarian citizens increases continually and already exceeds half million.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/hungarians-outside-hungary-twisted-story-dual-citizenship-central-eastern-europe/ |
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title | Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe |
title_full | Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe |
title_fullStr | Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe |
title_full_unstemmed | Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe |
title_short | Hungarians outside Hungary – the twisted story of dual citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe |
title_sort | hungarians outside hungary the twisted story of dual citizenship in central and eastern europe |
url | https://verfassungsblog.de/hungarians-outside-hungary-twisted-story-dual-citizenship-central-eastern-europe/ |