Slovakia-Hungary

Proposal for dual nationality

Published on 18 February 2011 at 11:28

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“Dual nationality, but only following a stay of more than one year, five years of study, or marriage,” SME reports on the Slovak proposals for an agreement with the Hungarian government, and notes that Bratislava is attempting to allay tensions engendered by a Hungarian law, which grants citizenship to all ethnic Hungarians living in third countries. In a previous response to the Hungarian legislation, Slovakia had adopted a law to deprive Hungarian passport holders of Slovak citizenship rights. With the headline, "Hungarian meeting without Most," SME points out that the ministers from Slovakia’s Hungarian minority party, Most-Híd, were not consulted. “As it stands, there is no international treaty that explicitly outlaws the acquisition of nationality without a stay in the country concerned,” however, the daily notes that “procedures outlined in the Slovak proposal are in line with existing treaties and political etiquette.”

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