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July 16th, 2012

European Parliament tables motion for Benes decrees debate in September

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The commission of petitions of the European Parliament decided to table a motion submitted against the so called Benes decrees at its September 20 session, a Hungarian MEP told MTI on Friday.

Zoltan Bago of the EPP, representing Fidesz, said that he expected a “substantive, professional and open debate” in September. He added that “it was time that we called the EU’s attention to a set of legislation that contravene the principles and the values of the bloc”.

Under thirteen decrees issued by Czechoslovak President Eduard Benes in 1945, ethnic Hungarians and Germans were declared collectively guilty and were deprived of their citizenship. Their land and businesses were confiscated. Around a hundred thousand ethnic Hungarians were expelled from the territory of what was then Czechoslovakia to Hungary.

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  • Neighbour

    More than 2 000 000 Germans were expelled from Czechoslovakia based on the decrees of Benes. Of course, the Benes decrees had been approved by the world powers (winners) of the WWII. We all know that Germans and Magyars did not belong among them (neither in WWI). BTW, after WWII Germans were expelled from magyarorszag as well.
    Germans and Magyars started both world wars and lose them. As the loosers they had to pay for the crimes and damages they had done during the wars. So stop complaining about your punishment. Did you deserve anything else?

    • Leto. مؤدّب

      “Germans and Magyars started both world wars”

      And how about the Slovaks?

      -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_invasion_of_Poland_%281939%29

      • Neighbour

        Oficially, the WWII started on September 1, 1939 by attack on Poland. On that day, a Slovak division followed Germans army and obtained back the Slovak villages which Poland had occupied since the Vienna arbitration. So the Slovak army took Slovak and Ruthenians villages only which were discriminated in Poland.
        Actually, the WWII started by the breakage of Czechoslovakia which was iniciated by Germany and Magyarorszagh. First Slovaks were killed by Magyars on the autumn 1938. In march 1939 Hitler invited our prezident to Berlin and told him “Either you declare independence under our protection or your total territory will be occupied by Magyars”. As we did not want to live under magyar bestial power any more, we were forced to accept “cooperation” with Germans. We did not have other choice. But you ,magayrs, you decided for cooperation with Hitler willingly far before the official start of the WWII.

        • Leto. مؤدّب

          @Slovak liar:

          The Nazi client state, called the First Slovak Republic, attacked Poland together with Hitler. Despite the very strong German pressure, Hungary refused to join this attack and Hungary provided refuge to hundreds of thousands of Poles, including soldiers who could flee to the UK later and form Polish military units against the Nazi.

  • Question

    Could you please tell us what country you are from?

    • Leto. مؤدّب

      He’s obviously from Felvidék.

  • Viking

    Question says:
    July 16, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    Could you please tell us what country you are from?
    —

    Why is the Messenger more interesting than the Message?
    Which parts are wrong what “Neighbour” wrote?
    You do not have a counter-argument?

    • Ma Jar

      Dah – me thinks he no write good hinglish. Dah – me no his fakts no true. Dah, me si cuntclujun stupid.

  • pterois

    Why is it that a standard tool of magyar foreign policy is a constant provocation of everyone(except Putin and Jintao)?

    • Leto. مؤدّب

      Why is that postcommie bastards like yourself consider keeping the issue of the Benes decrees on agenda “provocation”?
      The resulting expulsions of ethnic Hungarians and Germans can be justly described as ethnic cleansing, as well as a crime against humanity and a genocide.

      • Neighbour

        Magyars run off Slovaks from their houses in the autumn 1938. That was OK? The Slovaks which stayed in the territory were discriminated, prisoned, killed, sent to magyar army to be killed from the autumn 1938 till the spring 1945. So Benes decrees were nothing more just an answer to your barbarities.

  • Carlitos

    Punishing one atrocity with another atrocity is not what one would expect from a civilized society. The Czech republic is not a third world country and should give example by upholding and respecting basic human rights!

    • Neighbour

      I agree with you. The reason why Germans were sent to Germany and thousands Magyars from Czechoslovakia the intent was to sent away all magyars) were sent to magyaorszagh was to avoid the scenary from 1937-1938. In these years Berlin and Budapest complained that their minorities in neighbouring countries were discriminated and they wanted the teritories where their minorities lived to connect to its countries. The WWII started because Poland did not want to give Germany one part of Poland where Germans lived. So after 1945 (50 milions people died) the politicians thought that easiest way how to avoid a new war in Europe in the future was to send Germans and magyars to their anyaorszag.

  • Vidra

    I hope the EU can get representatives from all countries in the region (including national minorities) to sit down and agree on a formula for closure. Everybody can claim to be a victim and everybody can claim somebody else started these acts against their own people. Nationalism killed far more people in the 20th century than communism but I would dearly love to see a Europe without either.

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