Klaus says he understands Slovakia’s position in crisis in relations with Hungary

The Czech president, Václav Klaus, says he understands Slovakia’s position in the current crisis in relations between it and Hungary. Mr Klaus made the comments after a meeting of the presidents of the Visegrad Four countries at Sopot in Poland on Friday. Speaking about a language law adopted by Slovakia which its Hungarian minority believes is aimed against it, Mr Klaus said he understood why it had arisen. The Czech president said he had noticed what he called Hungary’s long-term enlargement ambitions, adding that he was opposed to any change to the post-war arrangement of Europe, a possible reference to Czechoslovakia’s Beneš decrees, which are a source of rancour for Hungarians.

Author: Ian Willoughby