Government Will Continue to Support Hungarians Abroad Next Year

The Hungarian government’s commitment to peace is also important from a national political perspective, the State Secretary for National Policy of the Prime Minister’s Office explained on Tuesday on the M1 news channel.

Lőrinc Nacsa stressed that peace is also an important issue for Hungarians living abroad, Magyar Nemzet reports. The politician recalled that the Hungarian Diaspora Council and the Hungarian Permanent Conference (MÁÉRT) had recently held a meeting, where it was decided that

2025 will be the year of the next generation, with children and young people being the focus.

“With the programs supported by the Hungarian government, we want to further strengthen small communities, schools, church, sports and cultural associations with young people living beyond the borders. There are some 260 Hungarian weekend schools around the world, and in Canada alone 400,000 people claim Hungarian ancestry,” he said.

In his view, the question in the diaspora is whether the next generation can remain Hungarian, and these programs will help in this.

Lőrinc Nacsa said that the government extended maternity support to Hungarians living abroad several years ago, and more than 60,000 Hungarians are already benefiting from it, while the “Without Borders” program has enabled tens of thousands of students from Hungary to visit Hungarians living abroad.

Lőrinc Nacsa. Photo: MTI/Koszticsák Szilárd

Hungarian schools, kindergartens and nurseries will continue to operate in Transcarpathia. “None of them had to be closed down, thanks to the people who work there and the support of the Hungarian government,” the politician noted.

In the context of the Romanian elections, the state secretary said it was important for the Hungarian community in Transylvania to be adequately represented in Bucharest.

Next year, the support systems for Hungarians living abroad will be further expanded, and the [Hungarian government’s] national policy will benefit all Hungarian communities, both inside and outside the borders,”

Lőrinc Nacsa said.

He added that next year preparations will begin for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. “For many communities abroad, 1956 is of great importance, because that is when they left their homeland. Monuments and statues will be built for the 2026 anniversary,” he said.

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