Hungary plans to declassify archives of communist secret services
Kyiv • UNN
The Hungarian government has submitted to parliament a bill on opening the archives of the secret police of the communist era. An independent commission will be established for the archives to determine which documents will remain classified.
The Hungarian government has submitted a bill to parliament on opening the archives of the communist-era secret police. The initiative was proposed by Prime Minister Peter Magyar, and the parliament, where his party holds a constitutional majority, is most likely to support the document, reports Bloomberg, writes UNN.
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According to Magyar, opening the archives was one of the government's election promises.
We have submitted a bill to parliament on opening the archives of the communist-era secret police. We made this promise and we will keep it
An independent commission will be created for the archives
The bill provides for the creation of an independent commission, which will include current intelligence officers, historians, and archivists. It will determine which documents should remain classified.
The document also proposes tightening the criteria for maintaining secrecy. While previously the basis was a possible deterioration of Hungary's relations with any states, now the restrictions will apply only to documents whose publication could harm relations with EU, European Economic Area, or NATO countries.