The opposition has submitted a motion to Parliament to help ethnic Hungarians obtain Hungarian citizenship more easily.
The motion submitted by Christian Democrats Zsolt Semjén and István Simicskó, as well as Fidesz MP Zsolt Németh, would abolish the pre-condition that applicants for citizenship must live in Hungary.
Non-Hungarian citizens whose parents were Hungarians and who have a good command of the language could obtain preferential citizenship.
The Socialists said they would not distance themselves from discussing the issue.
On DunaTV Sunday evening Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán said the result of the 2004 referendum on dual citizenship was “an expression of the will of the nation” which obliges the country’s leaders politically and morally.
Most of those who voted supported dual citizenship for Hungarians in other countries, but the referendum was invalid as fewer than 25% of eligible voters went to the polls.
The next cabinet will consider the granting of dual citizenship a matter of honesty and democracy, Orbán said.
