Külügyi Szemle - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet folyóirata - 2008 (7. évfolyam)
2008 / 2. szám - EURÓPAI UNIÓ - Kántor Zoltán: A nemzet kérdése a nemzetközi porondon
A nemzet kérdése a nemzetközi porondon 31 „Kiállta a próbát a státustörvény. Sólyom László a Velencei Bizottság jelentéséről". Heti Válasz, 2001. október 26.10. 32 Sólyom László: „Mit is mondott a Velencei Bizottság?". Népszabadság, 2003. január 24. 33 ‘Sovereignty, Responsibility, and National Minorities,' Statement by RolfEkeus, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in The Hague, 26 October 2001. 34 Uo. 35 „Kronológia". lm A státustörvény..., i. m. 620. o. 36 Bauer Tamás: „Európa és a magyar státustörvény". Magyar Hírlap, 2001. november 17. 37 „Although a state with a titular majority population may have an interest in persons of the same ethnicity living abroad". 38 A Magyar Köztársaság Kormányának és Románia Kormányának egyetértési nyilatkozata. Budapest, 2001. december 22., www.htmh.hu . 39 Preferential treatment of national minorities by their kin-state: the case of the Hungarian Status Law of 19 June 2001 (Draft report), Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, 11 June 2002. 40 Minden valószínűséggel az igen feszült választási kampány miatt nem módosították a törvényt. 41 Ez olyan, mintha a németországi németek lennének a Germans, és például a Belgiumban élő németek a Deutschs. A dokumentomot 1.: Preferential treatment of national minorities by their kin-state: the case of the Hungarian law of 19 June 2001 on Hungarians living in neighbouring countries („Magyars"), Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, adopted on 3 March 2003. 42 Sólyom László: „Mit is...", i. m. 43 http://www.csatlakozas.ro/reflector_details.php?id=40# . The Issue of the 'Nation' in the International Arena 'Nation' is one of the most frequently used concepts in social sciences. It is striking how loosely this term is often used. The study presents the different political and academic approaches to the term. Social scientists attempt - within the framework of the theories of nationalism - to offer a value free, usable definition of the nation, while politicians define the concept in accordance with their interests. However, at a closer look, one has to observe that the agenda of the social scientists has been set by the politicians since the beginnings. The article shows that the international debate around the Hungarians status law is nothing else than a debate between politicians about the official conception of the nation. A particular definition of the nation is not without underlying interests; defining a nation as political or cultural has political consequences. The article presents the involvement of the Venice Commission, the High Commissioner for National Minorities, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in this multilateral game concerning the definition of the nation. 2008. nyár 57
