How could have Hungary appeased its minorities after the Ausgleich and before WW1 , so the Slovaks, Romanians and Serbs would have preferred to stay in the Kingdom?
For me as a Slovak, the following conditions would seem reasonable and persuade me to stay in Hungary to Czechoslovakia, although I am not sure if they would be accpetable to the Hungarian political representation:
For me as a Slovak, the following conditions would seem reasonable and persuade me to stay in Hungary to Czechoslovakia, although I am not sure if they would be accpetable to the Hungarian political representation:
- Minority languages become official in districts where linguistic minority forms at least 20% of population. In districts where Hungarians form less than 20% of the population, At least one official must be competent in speaking Hungarian.
- First (maternal) language becomes language of instruction in areas where at least 20% of the children speak it. For non-Hungarians, Hungarian will be the second language,Hungarians to learn one of the other languages spoken in the kingdom
- Secondary education: schools or classes with minority, Hungarian and billingual education.
- Government recognition of cultural institutions such as Matica Slovenská
- Fixed number of parliamentary seats for each of the counties of Hungary, which would ultimately guarantee at least some Slovak representation in Hungarian parliament
- any official doctine of a unitary Hungarian nation, speaking several languages, the Lowland Hunagarian (Magyar) and the Highland Hungarian (Slovak) would be okay.