A short, touristic stay in Budapest allows every attentive observer to realize how the pre-Trianon map of Hungary continues to be an iconic image there, nine decades and three independent countries later. That is of course a problematic issue, since at least half of the territories that Hungary held before 1920 were not ethnic Hungarian at all. Claiming that all those lands should be reunited under the rule of Budapest simply flies in the face of reason, since well-established countries as Croatia, Slovakia and (half of) Romania would be deemed to disappear. Needless to say that in those countries, pre-Trianon map still causes fear. Continue reading →