László Végel, arguably the best-known Hungarian writer from Vojvodina, has raised concerns about the future of the Hungarian community in the autonomous province in northern Serbia and the effectiveness of minority policies to date, Balk Magazin reported.
In his post, László Végel begins by asking why the Serbian state does not fully fund Hungarian public media in Vojvodina, even though the Hungarians living there pay taxes in Serbia. In his view, this question has become a taboo, and
more criticism is directed at the Hungarian funding system than at the Serbian state itself,
which does not adequately fund minority institutions. As a concrete example, he cites the Hungarian public media in the province. In this context, he places particular blame on the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ): If, as the party claims, Hungarians have never fared as well as they have during the Vučić era, then their representatives and government officials should be able to secure adequate funding for the minority’s public institutions from the Serbian state.
However, he places Pannon TV in a separate category. In his view, one cannot expect the Serbian state to maintain the station in the same way. If the Hungarian community needs it, then Hungarian business people in Vojvodina—as well as the business circles he refers to as the “new Hungarian oligarchs”—should also play a role in supporting independent Hungarian media.
From there, he turns his criticism to Hungarian government funding, which is intended to promote economic development and encourage people to remain in their homeland. He claims that, based on recently published data, certain business actors have received millions to keep the minority in their homeland, while
the scale of emigration, in his opinion, proves that this policy has failed to achieve its goal.
If the business circles that have received substantial subsidies are not even capable of playing a significant role in the operation of a television station, then the question arises as to whether the Hungarian subsidies have perhaps been poured into a “bottomless pit,” according to the writer.
He believes that the problem facing the Hungarian community in Vojvodina can no longer be solved simply by keeping the old political elite in power or by replacing it with new political leadership.
What is needed is not simply new politicians, but new ideas.
The central question for him is how to breathe new life into the Hungarian community, which has been battered by emigration and crisis; how to foster an authentic sense of community, strengthen local self-confidence, and establish a culture of remaining in one’s homeland.
He recalls the past behavior of the Hungarians of Vojvodina, when even those who went abroad as guest workers still built houses back home because they planned to return.
In contrast, many today are already selling their homes and the farmland inherited from their ancestors, which suggests that their departure is permanent.
In his view, intellectuals can no longer remain silent; a new strategy is needed so that “the last Hungarian mail carrier” will not have to ask: Why did they remain silent?
Fact
László Végel, born in 1941 in Srbobran (Szenttamás), studied Hungarian language and literature in Novi Sad (Újvidék) and philosophy in Belgrade. Végel published his first novel in 1967: The novel Egy makró emlékiratai (Memoirs of a Macro) was, according to Péter Esterházy, “a milestone in modern Hungarian literature.” Since then, he has published several novels, award-winning collections of essays, and plays. László Végel lives in Novi Sad as a member of the Hungarian minority.
Via Balk Magazin; Featured photo: Jovan Popović / Belgrade Book Fair Organization Team / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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