The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, commented on the current developments surrounding the Beneš decrees in Slovakia only after a few days.. This was pointed out on Wednesday by the server hang.hu, according to which Orbán said in Brussels that it is necessary to clarify what the new law regarding decrees is actually about, informs the TASR correspondent in Budapest.
In response to a journalist’s question after arriving at the European Union summit, the Hungarian Prime Minister said that Budapest is holding a conversation with Bratislava about clarifying the wording of the law. “From the point of view of the Hungarian legal system, it (the law) cannot be interpreted. Hungarian law does not recognize the concept of ‘denial or questioning’. Only in the case of the Holocaust does the concept of denial exist, but that concerns the fact. The fact that the Benes decrees exist is not disputed by anyone. It is being discussed whether it is good that they exist, whether they should remain in this form, or whether they can be changed.” said Orbán.
Now, according to him, it is necessary to clarify the content of the new law. “We are also in contact with the Hungarians there, we will see if any steps need to be taken,” concluded the prime minister. The Hungarian government will use all means to ensure that members of the Hungarian minority living in Slovakia are not harmed. Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó stated this on the question of the law on the criminalization of questioning the Beneš decrees on Monday in Brussels. In response to a journalist’s question, he added that the Hungarian side analyzes the situation and consults with the Slovak government.
On Thursday (December 11), the National Council of the Slovak Republic approved an amendment to the Criminal Code, which, among other things, introduces criminal liability “for denying or questioning post-war documents on the arrangement of relations after the Second World War in Slovakia”.
