In principle, we can even be grateful to Ludovic Orban, for in an honest moment - even if only as a desperate campaign move - he revealed to the public of the country and the world what the Romanian political elite fantasize about in their dreams when he talked about changing the ethnic proportions of the still Hungarian-majority Székelyföld, writes the kronikaonline.ro .
Memorable: During his visit to Hargita County, under the influence of the need for economic development, he spoke about the fact that the ethnic relations can be changed to a significant extent with the help of the labor force flowing in as a result of the boost of the region, the construction of the local infrastructure and the creation of jobs.
And that it is not an exaggeration to evaluate this as the position of the Romanian political elite, on the one hand, is confirmed by the fact that the ominous sentence was uttered from the mouth of the lower house of the Bucharest parliament and the president of the strongest party in the government. On the other hand, the fact that not a single leading politician of Romania, which lies to itself as a country that regulates the situation of minorities in an exemplary manner, has raised their voice against the fact that one of their fellow mainstream politicians is talking about the fact that in a region where the majority is inhabited by a minority community, it is necessary to change the nationality ratios by artificial means.
The Romanian press, which imagines itself to be so progressive, only highlighted the fact that the RMDSZ reacted to Orban's statement that the Hungarian organization deliberately did not invest in the region, as dependent voters are easier to retain. There may still be some truth in this, and the local residents should question the RMDSZ because of it - just like in Ermellék, which is also a block of Hungary - but it is also clear that this does not in any way legitimize the artificial, centrally controlled change of ethnic proportions.
It is also instructive that so far no official of the European Commission, who in his own words considers the Speaker of the House of Representatives to be a "good Orban" compared to the Hungarian Prime Minister, has virtually raised an index finger, that in one of the member states of the European Union it is not really appropriate for the leader of the government to make such statements. party president.
The statement of the PNL president probably also sheds light on how the chances will develop before the party's renewal congress at the end of September. We have become accustomed to the fact that Romanian politicians throw some Hungarian-related topic into the public mind when there is a big problem. According to the signs, Orban sees that his main rival, Prime Minister Florin Cîţu, has a better chance of running for the position of party president than he does, which is why he decided to raise a topic so dear to Romanian ears. Something must be compensated for the fact that he appeared in an "unnational" color after one of the party's most influential politicians, Cluj mayor Emil Boc, had a hysterical fit and delirious ethnic outbursts because Orban agreed to appoint a Hungarian prefect to head the Cluj county during the coalition negotiations.
In any case, the lack of Romanian reactions can be explained by the fact that some consider Hungarianness itself to be an anomaly, a handicap that results in a disadvantageous situation and therefore needs to be eradicated. Perhaps not even from visceral hatred of Hungarians or malice, but simply from the general Romanian mentality, which is based on the myth that Romania is a "nation-state", in the territory of which Romanians have always been in the majority for at least two thousand years, only "foreigners" oppressed them.
In any case, it would be a mistake to see Orban's statement as a simple campaign balloon. With that, the Romanian political elite "sniffed out" their dreams that they had nurtured since Trianon, and we should have no doubts that if the international situation gave them the opportunity, they would embark on its realization with the same ruthless consistency as, based on well-developed plans during the period of fascist communism before 1989, industrialization during his reign, tens and hundreds of thousands of Romanians were imported to Nagyvárad, Cluj-Napoca or Marosvásárhely. Orban's suggestion is also a good way to "taste" the chancelleries in Brussels and Washington, to test their reaction - or lack thereof.
We have gotten used to the fact that due to the strategic interests of the Western powers affecting our region, Romania does not receive a warning for anything, even though they organize an anti-Hungarian pogrom attempt in a military cemetery with the assistance of state authorities, and the head of state incites against the Hungarians and neighboring Hungary in vain. Those obsessed with the realization of a pseudo-Romanian nation-state are only waiting for encouragement - and the lack of a strong reaction to such steps is just encouragement - to begin the Romanization of Székelyland. Perhaps the plans for the campaign - even if only in outline - are already hidden in the depths of a branch in Bucharest.
So it doesn't hurt to be vigilant.
EMNT lodges a complaint with the Council of Europe against Romania due to PNL President Ludovic Orban's speech in Székelyföld
The Transylvanian Hungarian National Council (EMNT) considers liberal party chairman Ludovic Orban's statement in Csikszereda on the amendment of the ethnic composition of Székelyföld to be anti-Hungarian propaganda and a call for the Romanization of Székelyföld, and will file a complaint with the Council of Europe (EC) against Romania for violating the framework agreement on the protection of minorities, the EMNT has revealed from the resolution of his presidency sent to MTI on Thursday.
According to the statement signed by EMNT president László Tőkés, the president of the governing National Liberal Party (PNL), "as the standard-bearer of Ceausescu's post-communist assimilation policy", urged the PNL's party activists in Hargita County to improve the region's economic potential by improving its ethnic composition. to change.
The authors of the resolution emphasize that the statement of the PNL president, who also serves as the president of the Bucharest Chamber of Deputies, recalls the darkest years of the dictatorship, when "the main goal of the National Communist homogenization policy was to irreversibly change the ethnic ratio of Hungarian-inhabited regions.
According to the presidency of the EMNT, the politicians of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (RMDSZ), which participates in the government in Bucharest, should not belittle Ludovic Orban's statement as a "campaign ploy" or a "stupid and thoughtless" statement, but should ask for satisfaction and demand the withdrawal of his statement from his coalition partner. According to the organization, it is a real declaration of war, which revives and re-proclaims the hundred-year-old Romanian nationalist program aimed at artificially changing the ethnic composition of Transylvania, especially the Hungarian Székelyföld.
The statement states: Ludovic Orban's "anti-Hungarian program speech" delivered in Székelyföld is completely contrary to the framework convention of the Council of Europe on the protection of national minorities, which was also accepted by Romania, which states that the parties refrain from taking measures that would increase the ethnic proportions in areas inhabited by national minorities. are aimed at changing. EMNT points out: in its shadow reports submitted in previous years, it has drawn attention several times to the fact that Romania has seriously violated the framework agreement on minorities in many cases, and Ludovic Orban's "Hungarophobic" statement also prompts it to file a complaint with the advisory body of the framework agreement, as well as the Council of Europe relevant forums.
At the end of last week, Ludovic Orban, who is applying for a new presidential mandate at the PNL's reform congress in September, visited his party's organizations in Székelyföld. The politician promised "attention" in order to direct all companies wishing to settle in Hargita County.
"If the region succeeds in developing it according to its potential, they will see that the ethnic composition can also be significantly changed (...). If productive capacities develop here and the workforce is needed, it is obvious that job seekers will also come. (…) I also thought: why can't we make the headquarters of some authority or national agency in Csíksereda?" - said the president of the largest party of the Bucharest government coalition in Csíksereda.
Source: kronikaonline.ro / MTI
Cover photo: Szilárd Koszticsák/MTI
