RFE/RL NEWSLINE 
Vol. 1, No. 169, 1 December 1997

HUNGARY TO GIVE PARLIAMENT SEATS TO MINORITIES. The
government proposed to add 13 seats to the 386-member
parliament next year to ensure the representation of the
country's ethnic minorities, Hungarian media reported on
28 November. Government spokesman Elemer Kiss said the
number of votes necessary for parliamentary
representation of ethnic minorities will be reduced from
7,500 to 5,000. The lists of candidates will be set up by
Hungary's 13 minorities. In separate news, visiting British
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said in Budapest on 26
November that no country has done more to fulfill
conditions for EU membership than Hungary. Cook said he is
confident that in January Britain will approve Hungary's
NATO membership. MSZ

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