Severe anti-Hungarian inscriptions appeared in recent days on stickers in the municipality of Oradea/Nagyvárad. These inscriptions, with the Romanian national flag in the background, state that ”We are Romanians and we will defend our land, our people and our history”. Under the text, in the yellow centre bar of the national flag, the word ”Hungary” and the Hungarian flag are crossed out. But the most xenophobic aspect of the inscription is the part at the bottom of the sticker, namely a derogatory and deeply insulting term used by Romanians to refer to the Hungarians. This expression is often used with the purpose of inciting hostility towards the Hungarian community.
This is not a singular case and illustrates the fact that the Hungarian community in Romania not only faces political attacks, but is often subject to malicious attempts by certain groups and individuals to instigate against the community.