At the European Parliament’s Intergoup for minorities’ session of 13 March, the main two topics of discussion were the changes in the functioning mechanism of the South Tyrolean autonomy system in the current difficult economic times and the popularization of the Éditions Armeline publishing house from Brittany, focused exclusively on national minority related topics.

Through a resolution adopted on Thursday, 13 March, the European Parliament called on Russia to peacefully solve the crisis from Ukraine, fully respecting principles and obligations set out in the international law. The motion, which also addresses the protection of minority rights, was also supported by MEP Csaba Sógor.

On the day of the Szeklers’ demonstration for autonomy, MEP Csaba Sógor also took the opportunity to talk about the message of the Day of Szekler Freedom on the March plenary session of the European Parliament. The MEP from RMDSZ declared that there are numerous unfinished issues concerning the situation of Hungarians living in Romania, reason for which the community demands a dialogue from the Romanian government.

”We need family policy measures, too for solving the problem of inequality between men and women”, highlighted MEP Csaba Sógor in the debate concerning the report of his collegue, Inês Cristina Zuber, presented in the European Parliament on 10 March. 

On 27 February the European Parliament adopted a resolution regarding the situation in Ukraine. In the explanation of his vote, MEP Csaba Sógor pointed out that in times of crises, the importance of balanced interethnic relations grows exponentially. In his opinion, the respect towards the cultures and linguistic rights of national minorities must play a significant role in the system of conditionalities set up in exchange for EU support.

On the European Parliament’s plenary session of 27 February MEPs adopted a report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU, which also aims the improvement of national minority protection.

The European Parliament debated the issue of the Ukrainian conflict during the plenary session of 5 February, taking a unanimous position in the matter on the 6th.

During its Strasbourg plenary session of 4 February the European Parliament voted on the Europe-wide alignment of copyright laws in musical works. The aim of the directive is to simplify the cross border licensing of online musical works and to make the online music market more transparent.