At the event, the party of Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán "Fidesz" showed a map of "Greater Hungary" with the borders of the First World War. In the background of the image, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Sijarto, spoke.
MEP Vlad Gheorghe drew attention to this.
"Greater Hungary" is the territory of the former Kingdom of Hungary before the First World War. Now most of these territories are included in Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine. After World War I, Hungary was left with only about 30% of the territories it had before the war.
- In November 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was photographed wearing a scarf with the image of "Greater Hungary". After that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned the Hungarian ambassador, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demanded an apology. Orbán said that "football is outside of politics" and the Hungarian national team is a team of "all Hungarians, no matter where they live."