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July 23rd, 2009

Parliamentary foreign affairs head sees autonomy for Romania’s Szekler minority

By MTI

Head of the foreign affairs committee in Hungary’s parliament Zsolt Nemeth told news portal FigyeloNet on Wednesday that he saw a chance for Szekler Land, a region inhabited by many ethnic Hungarians in eastern Transylvania, to achieve autonomy.

Nemeth, of the main opposition Fidesz party, noted that Romanian president Traian Basescu addressed the traditional summer university and youth camp of Baile Tusnad, C Romania, last weekend, being the first Romanian head of state in office to attend the event. Basescu made several concrete proposals, he added.

“He said he was thinking along the lines of decentralisation, granting certain authorities to regions. The transformation of the regions is underway and I trust that a Szekler Land region may be set up, which can become an administrative region,” Nemeth said.

Nemeth said Basescu “plans to cooperate with Fidesz, the same way Fidesz plans to cooperate with Traian Basescu. “After all, we cannot pursue a nation policy without cooperating with neighbouring countries,” he added.

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4 Comments

  1. jj says:
    July 23, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    @Viking, Gulliver,Eric and all the rest of you Fagogts!! AT last glimpses of truth that Trianon is coming to light! You fucking losers are disgraceful! How you are against Hungarians! Go chew on that Chubbie!

  2. Parthian says:
    July 23, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeGSGwc0fwQ&feature=channel_page

  3. Mihai Viteazu says:
    July 28, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    :-) ))) What a big b-shit! Basescu never said that; he will never be able to say that otherwise it will be stoned by Romanians. Unfortunately history forgot Szekelers in the middle of Romania in deep, deep coma, and the only “live machine” that keeps them breathing is the hope of authonomy. But one day somebody will realize time has come to shut down the machine.

  4. LaszloMakrai says:
    July 28, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    All very well this debate on ethnic Hungarians
    living in foreign territories.
    The problem is that the windbags like Orban Viktor,
    Nemeth, et al have absolutely no idea whatsoever what they are letting themselves in/us for.
    Hungary is a great country but unfortunately
    economically challenged at the moment. Many people are out of work and at least one and a half million gypsies have settled here whose children do not attend school and therefore have no chance of getting employed.
    More than one million young Hungarians seek and find work abroad. Three million Hungarians are of pensionable age.
    Hungary has a myriad of internal problems to solve. But, true to form, politicians seek to ignore the “crisis”, and look to dig up old issues
    that cannot and will not be resolved without blood being shed. Take this literally, or figuratively – the outcome will be the same.