Within a lecture held at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, MEP Csaba Sógor talked to students about the European Union’s functioning mechanism, the legislative role of the European Parliament and his activity within the European People’s Party. 

Gábor Bethlen was elected Prince of Transylvania four hundred years ago. To commemorate the occasion, two-day festivities were held on the 25th and 26th of October in Aiud and Baia Mare. The ecumenical church service held at the cathedral in Alba-Iulia, followed by the official opening of the event was attended by members of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), president Hunor Kelemen, MEP Csaba Sógor, Deputy Secretary General Csilla Hegedüs, senator Attila László and president of the RMDSZ’s territorial organization, Krisztián Kováts.

The revolution of 1956 demonstrates the Hungarian nation’s love for freedom and opposition to foreign oppression. For us, Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin, it is also represents a day of solidarity and of standing up for our rights. The 23rd of October 1956 kindled hope in the Hungarians from Hungary and from abroad that communism can be defeated. Nevertheless, the following days were dark ones for the revolutionaries and for those who sympathised with them.

The celebrations commemorating 164 years since the battle from Nyergestető (Piatra Niergeş, Harghita County) took place on Sunday, 4 August. The event was organised by the local administration of Cozmeni. DAHR MEP Csaba Sógor greeted the public through a ceremonial speech.