The Mikó Imre Association for the Protection of Minority Rights has turned to the National Council for Combating Discrimination because they find it discriminatory that the coronavirus vaccination campaign is not being carried out in Hungarian as well in areas where Transylvanian-Hungarians live. According to the association, several ethnic Hungarian people reported that only Romanian-language forms are available in the vaccination centers.
Vaccination: Bucharest shuts off Hungarian language information to local authorities
Persecution of the symbols of national minorities continues
As it is known, Dan Tanasă, the person who initiated hundreds of lawsuits against the symbols of Szeklerland and the use of the Hungarian language, a year and a half ago filed a lawsuit against the Remetea/Gyergyóremete City Hall, the reason being the displayed flags at this. For fifteen years five flags have fluttered on the facade of the city hall: the flag of Romania, the one of the European Union, the one of Hungary, the one of Szeklerland and the one of the village (in this order). After the case has gone through all of the stages of the Romanian justice system, according to the court’s judgement pronounced by the Bucharest Court of Appel, the flag of Hungary, the flag of Szeklerland and the one of the village of Remetea/Gyergyóremete must be removed from the Mayor’s Office facade.
Romanian journalists, embassies and politicians are also worried that an ultra-extremist party has entered the Romanian Parliament
This year’s parliamentary elections came as a big surprise after the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), an ultranationalist, extremist and anti-Hungarian party received 9.08% of the votes. The victory of AUR is staggering taking into account the fact that, inter alia, in the local elections held in September, 2020, they obtained only around 1% of the citizens’ votes. Subsequently, many wondered what lies behind AUR and what impact it would have on the Romanian politics.
According to George Simon, co-president of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) has no place in Parliament
For the first time in the last 12 years, an ultra-nationalist party has entered the Romanian Parliament with a very strong support. This is incredibly worrying, as the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) is totally against the minorities and promotes legionary ideas.
Hungarian inscription on town sign smeared with paint
“Vandals have left us Hungarians a message,” reads the caption of a photo posted by Antal Kanyó, the deputy mayor of Nagyborosnyó (Boroșneu Mare, Gross-Weindorf), on his Facebook page. The picture was of the village sign, which, according to the maszol.ro news portal, had had its Hungarian inscription painted over.