On Sunday morning in Budapest, the national flag on Kossuth Square in front of the Parliament Building was hoisted with full military honours in the presence of President of the Republic János Áder on the Day of National Solidarity relating to the signing of the Treaty of Trianon.
The flag was hoisted by the Hungarian Defence Force’s Honour Guard, to the sound of the national anthem. The HDF Central Orchestra and Equestrian Honour Guard also took part in the event. Also present at the ceremony where Minister of Defence István Simicskó and Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Tibor Benkő.
On 15 November 1920, the Hungarian National Assembly ratified, and in Act XXXIII of 26 July 1921 subsequently brought into force, the Treaty of Trianon, which declared that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been abolished, as a result of which the territory of Hungary (excluding Croatia) was slashed from 283 thousand square kilometres to 93 square kilometres, and its population was cut from 18.2 million to 7.6 million. One third of the Hungarian people, some 3.2 million, found themselves on the other side of the newly defined borders.
On 31 May 2010, the National Assembly declared 4 June, the day on which the Treaty of Trianon was signed, the Day of National Solidarity. The related legislation declared: “Every member and community of the Hungarian peoples who have been placed under the jurisdiction of other countries are part of the Hungarian nation, their solidarity that surpasses state borders is both a reality and a determining element of the personal and community identity of the Hungarian people”.