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Belousovova: Radicova a "Paper Lady" Threatening Security of Slovakia
Wednesday 21 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 21 (TASR) - By abolishing the ban on dual citizenship the Government will threaten the security of Slovakia, as the alternative solution worked out by SDKU-DS represents nothing but an inefficient "putting of one's head into the sand", Slovak National Party (SNS) vice-chair Anna Belousovova said on Wednesday.
"Already with her first steps Ms. Radicova proves - whether it be the negotiations on European EFSF guarantee mechanism or talks with (Hungarian Prime Minister) Viktor Orban - that she comes up short. Although she calls herself an "iron lady", in truth she's rather a "paper lady" with a weak position within her own Government and an even weaker position in negotiations abroad," Belousovova commented for TASR on Tuesday's negotiations held between Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova and her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban in Budapest.
Radicova told Orban that her Government plans to repeal the last Act on Slovak State Citizenship amendment, due to which a person who acquires Hungarian citizenship automatically loses the Slovak one. However, Radicova intends to block the effect of the Hungarian legislation on dual citizenship in Slovakia.
According to Radicova, the issue of dual citizenship has "a sensible solution ... We live in the EU, there's no reason to create fictitious problems, let's focus on the real problems of the two countries instead," she emphasised. Radicova and Orban agreed on re-establishing Slovak-Hungarian committees to deal with dual citizenship. According to the Slovak Prime Minister, the Hungarian law lacks two out of the five international criteria for dual citizenship: permanent residency and family relations.
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