Constitutional Definition Of Symbols In The Fundamental Law Of Hungary Presented by: Dr. Kruzslicz Date: 16 December 2022 Plan - Symbols consecrated expressly by the Fundamental Law - Not presenting and explaining those symbols in details Only focusing on some Hungarian specificities - The definition of "traditional" symbols - "special" symbols in the Fundamental Law - The relation to history as source of symbol The Definition of Traditional Symbols - Coat of Arms • "The coat of arms of Hungary shall be a vertically divided shield with a pointed base. The left field shall contain eight horizontal bars of red and silver. The right field shall have a red background and shall depict a base of three green hills with a golden crown on top of the higher central hill from which rises a silver patriarchal cross. The Holy Crown shall rest on top of the shield."  Article 1), (2) - Flag • "The flag of Hungary shall feature three horizontal bands of equal width colored red, white and green from top to bottom as the symbols of strength, loyalty and hope, respectively."  Article 1), (2) • "The coat of arms and the flag may also be used in other historically developed forms..."  Article 1), (4) - Anthem • "The national anthem of Hungary shall be the poem Himnusz by Kölcsey Ferenc set to music by Erkel Ferenc."  Article 1), (3) - National Holidays • "The national holidays of Hungary shall be:  the 15th day of March, in memory of the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence;  b) the 20th day of August, in memory of the foundation of the State and of King Saint Stephen the State Founder;  c) the 23rd day of October, in memory of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence. - • The official state holiday shall be the 20th day of August." • Article J), (1) and (2) The name of the country • "The name of our country shall be Hungary"  Article A) • Hungarian language and sign language • "In Hungary the official language shall be Hungarian. • Hungary shall protect the Hungarian language. • Hungary shall protect the Hungarian Sign Language as part of the Hungarian culture."  Article H), (1), (2) and (3) - Official Currency • "The official currency of Hungary shall be the forint."  Article K) The Relation To History - King Saint Stephen the State Founder and the Foundation of the State • "We are proud that our king Saint Stephen built the Hungarian State on a solid ground and made our country a part of Christian Europe a thousand years ago." - The fight for independence and the tragedy of the 20th century • "We are proud of our forebears who fought for the survival, freedom and independence of our country." • "We promise to preserve our nation's intellectual and spiritual unity, torn apart in the storms of the last century." • "We do not recognize the suspension of our historic constitution due to foreign occupations." - The rupture at the end of the 20th century and the continuity from 11st century - The continuity from 11st century • "We honor the achievements of our historic constitution and we honor the Holy Crown, which embodies the constitutional continuity of Hungary's statehood and the unity of the nation." - and the rupture at the end of the 20th century • "We date the restoration of our country's self-determination, lost on the nineteenth day of March 1944, from the second day of May 1990, when the first freely elected organ of popular representation was formed. We shall consider this date to be the beginning of our country's new democracy and constitutional order. • We hold that after the decades of the twentieth century, which led to a state of moral decay, we have an abiding need for spiritual and intellectual renewal."