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Berlin / Budapest (dpa) - The exemption of goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry by Bundesliga club Hertha BSC after his homophobic and anti-migration statements has resulted in political aftermath in Hungary.
As the local news agency MTI reported, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs appointed the chargé d'affaires of the German embassy in Budapest.
It should have gone in the conversation about the separation of the 54-year-old Hungarian goalkeeper coach by the club.
Viktor Orban's Chancellery Minister Gergely Gulyas also described Petry's expulsion on Thursday as “outrageous” and “violation of freedom of expression”.
Petry had spoken in an interview with the Hungarian daily newspaper «Magyar Nemzet», among other things, on the subject of immigration.
He had also criticized compatriot Peter Gulacsi, national goalkeeper and goalkeeper of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, for a club that supports gay marriage, among other things.
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“The great hypocrisy in terms of freedom of the press and freedom of expression is slowly collapsing: A footballer can safely say that the family is a family (note: allusion to the club's motto for gay marriage), but he will be thrown out if he goes against the Liberal mainstream takes a position on family and migration, »said Foreign Minister Peter Szijartó on Thursday.
In a statement by the Foreign Ministry it was also stated that Germany and Hungary had “direct historical experience with the greatest possible terror of opinion”, “which is why monitoring the fundamental right to freedom of speech is our common moral duty.
Regardless of the ideological basis, the restriction of expression is unacceptable for Hungarians because it conjures up a system against which thousands of our compatriots have sacrificed their lives. "
Petry had stated in the Hertha announcement: “I would like to emphasize that I am neither homophobic nor xenophobic.
I very much regret my statement on immigration policy and would like to apologize to all the people who seek refuge with us and whom I have offended. "
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