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New Data Regarding the International Media Coverage of the Danubian Confederation Plan

Summary/Abstract: The most important document of Kossuth’s emigration has been examined multiple times, but the international media coverage of the plan that was leaked due to the indiscretion of Ignác Helfy has rarely been touched upon. The digitalisation of contemporary newspapers is currently at the point where we can start discussing the media coverage of the plan and examine the various opinions regarding the Danubian Confederation and the arguments for and against it. By reviewing the French, Italian, English, and German newspapers we can see that they discussed the plan that was published in the newspaper Alleanza (The Alliance), but they gave more room to negative opinions and criticism, and they barely even considered Kossuth’s clarifications. It is important to note that Ignác Helfy’s foreword was not published at all, even though he states that it should not be considered an official political document, and the newspapers discussed the plan like it was a complete political program. Due to being more involved the Italian and German language press discussed the plan significantly more, and it can also be seen that apart from the Italians - who had an interest in weakening the Habsburg Empire – every press outlet wrote about the plan either neutrally, or more often in a negative light.

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