Sándor Csányi, President of the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ), stated that they’re seeking to get the map of Great Hungary and the flag with the Árpád stripes permitted via the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). In an unique interview with M4 Sport, he stated that he would no longer but claim that those symbols may just no longer be within the stadium, however that he would talk about this with UEFA representatives.
UEFA had lately banned depictions of Great Hungary and the ancient Árpád stripes flag at suits it organizes, as it believes they’ve political connotations and may well be provocative. The map of Great Hungary has been objected to via many as it depicts the rustic’s territory prior to the Trianon peace treaty in 1920, when maximum portions of the rustic had no longer but been annexed. After the treaty, Hungary’s borders have been modified, and a few say that the depiction suggests revisionist perspectives, i.e. the conclusion that Hungary desires to reclaim its former territories, which is explicitly forbidden in nowadays’s international.
According to the President of the Hungarian Football Association, if Hungary desires to play within the qualifiers for the European Championship, the Nations League, and even the Champions League or Europa League, they will have to settle for the prerequisites of the contest. UEFA’s laws state that banners which can be racist or lift a political message can’t be displayed. “The question is whether the Great Hungary symbol carries a political message. We do not think so,” stated Sándor Csányi, who may be UEFA vice-president.
Csányi famous that even supposing FARE (Football Against Racism In Europe), UEFA’s anti-discrimination team, denies that it might punish the Great Hungary map, its objection to it’s been raised thrice lately prior to UEFA’s disciplinary committee. On each and every instance the emblem used to be categorized revisionist and nationalist.
A soccer fan retaining an indication depicting Great Hungary, prior to Trianon.
The President of MLSZ additionally spoke concerning the different logo objected to via FARE: “the flag with the Árpád stripes is in the Parliament among the historical flags of Hungary, which has been the official flag of Hungary for centuries. It is true that there was a brief period in Hungarian history when it embodied fascism, racism, and was made its symbol. But I think a shorter period should not overwrite a much longer period,” he mentioned.
“If the fans are so insistent, and I do not think the use of these symbols is as excessive as they are judged, we will try to get UEFA to accept it. But we are not alone in Europe. Fans in neighboring countries may be irritated by this symbol, so we cannot decide independently whether they can be used or not, only at the end of a consultation process,” Csányi stated.
The truth is, that the map of Great Hungary is if truth be told an emblem of nationwide concord, as there are lots of Hungarian communities residing past the border in neighboring international locations. In the similar means, it’s utilized in recreation as an emblem of belonging and togetherness. As for the symbols being political, they are able to be in different eventualities, and the usage of them in on a regular basis lifestyles may well be deemed nationalist and revisionist, and may just harm Hungary’s image at the world political box, in order that they will have to be used with warning.
On the opposite hand, alternatively, if UEFA permits anti-racism campaigns and we could footballers kneel prior to the suits and put on rainbow-colored armbands, which obviously have a political tone, it can’t ban the Great Hungary image on “political” grounds, since that might be inconsistent.
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