Csaba Sógor’s speech in the EP regarding the Great March of the Szeklers

The MEP’s speech can be read below:

“The creation on 27 October of a human chain of almost 150 thousand Hungarians from Romania to protest against the Romanian Government’s plan of territorial reorganisation and to support the idea of autonomy of Szeklerland made headlines in European newspapers. The march, through which participants insisted on the several decade-old demands of the strong Hungarian community from Romania of almost 1.5 million, drew attention to two important facts: that in Romania the situation of minorities is not yet settled and that Hungarians are willing to draw attention to problems through such instruments as well. I hope that many understood the message, although it seems that is not the case of the Romanian authorities, which started to harass the organizers of the human chain. The situation of traditional national minorities is not regulated adequately at European level, and existing good practices are not automatically followed in all member states. This is why there is a need for European coordination and for the sincere discussion of the problems.”