Angyal Béla: Érdekvédelem és önszerveződés. Fejezetek a csehszlovákiai magyar pártpolitika történetéből 1918-1938 - Nostra Tempora 6. (Galánta-Dunaszerdahely, 2002)
Magyar-szlovák helységnévjegyzék
Summary 345 new state. The Hungarian parties relied mainly on previous Hungarian party formations. In the establishment of parties former representatives of the historical Hungary, former lord lieutenants, parliamentary representatives participated, but also such people found their ways to leading positions of new parties who had no significant political position before. In the establishment of the National Christian-Socialist Party the Catholic Church played an important role. The National Hungarian Smallholder Party found supporters mainly in the circles of Protestant Hungarian people. After the first National Assembly elections both Hungarian parties in Czechoslovakia got into the National Assembly and this fact was determining for long years. The two parties, competing with each other, emphasised the problems of the Hungarian minority. The rivalling stemmed from the differences in party strategy, in a certain extent from the fact that both parties relied on the same electoral base - on the Hungarian people in Czechoslovakia. The National Christian-Socialist Party proclaimed the theory of original settlers all the time, according to which Hungarian, Slovak, German, and Ruthenian people fight together for Slovakia’s autonomy. In fact, with this theory they questioned the basics of the new state’s establishment, the theory of a united Czechoslovak nation. The National Hungarian Smallholder Party and rather the Hungarian National Party that was formed from the National Hungarian Smallholder Party in the middle of the 20’s, organised in the circles of the Hungarians and made efforts to support minority self-organisations, too. This party considered it important that the Hungarians find their success in the new state. Between the period 1926-1927, it tried to implement government-supporting policy, had discussions on joining the government, although they had no successful results. Financial support from Hungary had significant role in the establishment and operation of Hungarian parties. After the early confused months support from the mother country became permanent and their significant part was received by the parties; the amount of money spent on education and culture was a lot lower. In return, the Hungarian government often intervened in the internal affairs of parties and tried to use the Hungarian parties in Slovakia for the Hungarian government’s own long-term goals. Hence, the minority parties had to find their own places and profile within this frame, i.e. the Czechoslovak internal affairs and the Hungarian political situation equally influenced their activities. While considering the influence from Hungary, one has to bear in mind that the Hungarian parties in Slovakia acted many times and in the most important affairs according to their own consideration,
