Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-09-Speech-1-036"
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"Mr President, there are only a few hundred Hungarians living in Latvia today but if we believe in humane minority rights, however, then we must also mention their deprivation of rights. According to Latvian law, it is practically impossible for non-Latvian inhabitants of Latvia to obtain citizenship. They cannot vote at elections, they cannot obtain a passport and it is very difficult for them to find employment; they are considered stateless in the country they live in. Unfortunately, the majority of Hungarians living in Latvia also belong to the hundreds of thousands of stateless persons. Latvian authorities justify this discrimination as Stalin’s sins. I do not wish to take sides in the historical debate between Latvians and Russians. I understand the grievances of the Latvian nation, but at the same time I refuse to accept collective punishment. In all cases, discrimination is inexplicable, especially in the case of Hungarians, as we were also victims of the same Stalinist oppression. I hope that, in the spirit of common democratic values, my Latvian colleagues will urge their government to eliminate this form of discrimination."@en1
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