Ukraine–Hungary: the intensifying dispute over the Hungarian minority’s rights. OSW Commentary NUMBER 280 | 14.08.2018
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2018

For nearly one year relations between Hungary and Ukraine have been plunged in the worst crisis since the collapse of the USSR. The main cause of the tension has been the Education Act passed by the Ukrainian parliament in September 2017 which envisages a comprehensive reform of the education system and at the same time imposes serious restrictions on the use of the languages of national minorities, including Hungarian, in school education. In response to this, Budapest severely criticised Kyiv