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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 152, 10 August 1998

ZEMAN CABINET PUBLISHES PROGRAM. The Czech cabinet
headed by Milos Zeman on 7 August officially released its
political and economic program, which will be submitted to the
Chamber of Deputies on 18 August. The program emphasizes the
need to fight economic-related crime, to revive economic growth,
to support Czech exports and to complete bank
privatizations by 2000. It also calls for swift integration into the
European Union and NATO in cooperation with Hungary and Poland,
but also calls for a referendum on EU entry before the
country is admitted, Reuters and dpa reported. On ties with
neighboring Germany, the program states that these must be "forward-
looking". On 8 August, Reuters reported that German
Finance Minister Theo Waigel, addressing a meeting of the
organization representing the Sudeten Germans, called on
Zeman to officially apologize for his remarks on the
organization. MS

ORBAN COOLS ON WESTERN LIBERALISM. Prime Minister Victor
Orban, in an interview with the "Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung", said certain elements of west European
liberalism can not be "simply transferred" to Central Europe, and
such attempts might "do often more harm than good," Hungarian
media reported. He said some "stringent measures"
envisaged by the government are viewed with concern in the West,
but do not worry Hungary's own liberals, who understand that
the country's high crime rate and public concern over it
means that "tough action" will have to be taken this year.
Orban also said that his own ruling Federation of Young
Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party is now "much more than a liberal
party," as it includes Christian Democratic elements and
it is "just a matter of time" before closer links with the
Democratic Forum coalition partner are forged. MS

ROMANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT INTERVENE OVER DISPUTED
HUNGARIAN STATE UNIVERSITY. Presidential counselor Petru
Berteanu on 7 August said President Emil Constantinescu
will not attempt to "in any way influence" the decision on
setting up a Hungarian state university, RFE/RL's Bucharest
bureau reported. He said the decision belonged to the
parliament and the government. Berteanu also denied that
Constantinescu supports the dismissal of Education Minister
Andrei Marga, as demanded by the Hungarian Democratic Federation of
Romania (UDMR) because of his opposition to the Hungarian state
university. Spokesmen representing all of UDMR's
partners in the ruling coalition said they oppose the project.
Meanwhile, on 8 August, UDMR chairman Bela Marko again said that
Marga's opposition makes his presence in the government
"incompatible" with the agreement signed by UDMR's
partners in the coalition. MS

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 153, 11 August 1998

HUNGARIAN PRIVATIZATION SCANDAL IN OFFING? Gyula Gansperger,
head of the State Privatization and Holding Company, told
Kossuth Radio on 10 August that he is ready to face an
inquiry. He said there are "business and political interests"
behind allegations that he and the ruling Federation of Young
Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party (FIDESZ) are involved in a
privatization scandal. "Nepszabadsag"  the same day wrote
that the assets of two companies set up by Gansperger and
Lajos Simicska, now head of the Tax Office, were transferred
to their wives  following the May elections. Erika Bakos,
sister-in-law of minister without portfolio Laszlo Kover, is
also a partner in those companies. Josip Tot, an electrician,
was named as the companies' chief executive and part owner.
But Tot says this was done without his knowledge  and that
the passport  used to register the companies under his name
was stolen from him in 1996. MS

HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IN ROMANIA. Janos Szabo on 10
August met with his Romanian counterpart, Victor Babiuc, in
the spa of Baile Felix. The two ministers discussed Romania's
bid to join Euro-Atlantic organizations, the setting up of a
Romanian-Hungarian peace-keeping battalion,  and the conflict
in Kosova, RFE/RL's Bucharest bureau reported. Szabo said the
battalion will have some 1,000 members but that there are
financial difficulties in setting it up. He noted that if
Romania "wishes to head to Europe," it must also pay
attention to "all aspects of democracy," including "human
rights and respect for minority rights." In this context, he
mentioned the controversy over the Hungarian state university
but did not link Hungarian support for Romania's NATO bid to
a resolution to this controversy. MS

ROMANIAN FARMERS PROTEST WHEAT IMPORTS FROM HUNGARY. Dozens
of farmers used tractors and other equipment on 10 August to
block the Nadlac and Varasani border crossing points with
Hungary to protest imports and the government's agricultural
policies, Reuters and AP reported.  The Curtici railroad
crossing point was also blocked. The protest was organized by
the Agrostar trade union. Hungarian agricultural products are
cheaper on Romanian markets than are local produce.
Hungarian wheat production is subsidized, and Agrostar is
demanding subsidies for Romanian producers. Last month,
Bucharest increased custom duties on Hungarian wheat and
flour imports, but Agrostar says that the measures have not
yet been implemented and that it will continue protests until
they are in force. Hungary, however, is threatening to take
retaliatory action against the higher customs duties.
Officials from the Romanian and Hungarian Agricultural
Ministries are due to meet this week to discuss the issue.
MS

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