Viktor Orban, accused of revisionism after wearing a flag of the defunct 'Greater Hungary'

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The Hungarian Prime Minister, the ultranationalist

, believes that the outrage he has caused in neighboring countries for appearing during the recent friendly match between the Hungarian and Greek teams wearing a scarf with the map of the now-defunct "

" has no basis.

"Football is not politics. Let's not see something that does not exist.

The Hungarian team is the team of all Hungarians, wherever they live," said the prime minister via Facebook after Romania and Ukraine expressed their condemnation for what they understand , is a new act of revisionism.

In fact, it is not the first time that Orbán has been photographed in public with symbols alluding to Greater Hungary, and his policies of rapprochement with the Magyar minority in the Transylvania region, which today belongs to Romania, have caused discomfort on numerous occasions. and protests within the Romanian government.

Romania and Hungary are today members of the European Union (EU) and NATO, and their governments maintain fluid relations, which, however, are marked by constant disagreements regarding the Magyar minority in Romania, which accounts for around 6 % of the total population of the country and exceeds 1.2 million people

The first government to react to Orbán's scarf was the Romanian one.

"Any revisionist demonstration, regardless of the form in which it is presented, is unacceptable, contrary to current realities and the commitments assumed jointly by Romania and Hungary," read the note issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also summoned the Magyar ambassador in kyiv to ask for explanations.

"The propaganda in Hungary of the ideas of revisionism does not contribute to the development of Ukrainian-Hungarian relations."

a minority that Orbán says is marginalized.

This situation of alleged continued discrimination has been used by Orban on several occasions in order not to help Ukraine.

The Greater Hungary map includes the territories lost by the Hungarian Kingdom in the peace treaties after World War I, which today are in

Hungary lost not only two thirds of its territory but also half of its population, which is why this chapter of its history is considered a tragedy by many in Hungary to this day.

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