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Hungary threatens to boycott EU actions on Ukraine

FM, changes a new education law on minority languages

17 October, 09:57
(ANSA) - TRIESTE - Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto said after a meeting with EU counterparts its country will "block and boycott" all attempts to draw Ukraine more deeply into the European Union unless Kiev changes a new education law that rolls back options for schools to teach lessons in languages other than Ukrainian. Ukraine has some 150,000 ethnic Hungarians and many Hungarian schools.

The education law passed last month specifies that Ukrainian will be the main language used in schools. Szijjarto said Budapest will also block any conclusions at an upcoming EU-Eastern Partnership summit next month. (ANSA).

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