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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8843

8 December 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/hungary

07/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The referendum in Hungary on 5 December on the granting of double nationality to people of Hungarian extraction living abroad was invalid due to the low turnout. Socialist prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, who campaigned for a "no" vote was pleased at the result. The rightwing opposition, the president of the republic and the churches campaigned for a "yes" vote. Since the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian empire following the first world war, around 2.5 million...

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