Hate speech that incites against the Hungarian minority is getting more and more common in Romania

2017-10-24

Hate speech that incites against the Hungarian minority is getting more and more common in Romania - said MEP Csaba Sógor during the plenary sessionof the European Parliament. According to the Romanian politician this fenomenon may make the political scene more tensioned than it already is and may freeze dialogue between the majority population and the Hungarian minority.

While it was taking measures against hate speech online that proved to be difficult lately all around the world, in Romania printed newspapers and audiovisual media openly published messages that incite against the Hungarian minority. The politician of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania drew the plenary’s attention to these abuses Monday evening in Strasbourg.