title: Considerations on the role of Hungary and the Hungarian nation in the European Union after 1989
abstract: Since the interwar period, the concept of the Hungarian nation has developed from the ideas of folk writers. After 1989, the concept of the nation became overwhelmingly linguistic and ethnic rather than political. Since the collapse of the communist order, two views of the nation have developed: centre-right and liberal-socialist. The first vision was to build a national community with the Hungarian diaspora in neighbouring countries, while the second one was to form a civic community and guaran