The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) is promoting June 4 as "Treaty of Trianon Day" with an exhibition of archival photos and contemporary documents, referring to the law related to the historical event, which was passed by the Romanian Parliament in 2020.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in its statement sent to MTI on Tuesday: it always recalls with gratitude the foreign policy efforts made by its predecessors for the realization of national objectives, including the "Great Unification" (December 1, 1918, which unilaterally proclaimed the union of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania Romanian National Assembly in Gyulafehérvár) international recognition.

"Under the circumstances of the disintegration of the large multinational empires, Woodrow Wilson in 1918, the participating states (at the Paris Peace Conference) negotiated the peace of Europe, putting into practice, among other things, the principle of self-determination. For the first time, the scientific viewpoints of experts in fields such as international law, history, statistics, cartography, linguistics, ethnography were used," the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in the description of the event, adding: the exhibition presents the contribution of Romanian diplomacy to the preparation and conduct of the Paris Peace Conference. .

After the opening on Wednesday, interested parties can view the exhibition only on June 4th, and after the five-day long weekend including Children's Day and Orthodox Pentecost, between June 6th and 9th, by prior appointment.

In 2020, on the initiative of a former foreign minister, the social democrat Titus Corlatean, declared June 4 as the "Day of the Treaty of Trianon" in Romania.

"The Treaty of Trianon not only legally sanctioned the return of Transylvania to the motherland, Romania, but also recognized the political and civil rights of the majority Romanian population of the region," wrote the social democratic senator in the justification of the draft law. According to him, this document forms the basis of bilateral Romanian-Hungarian relations, and he evaluates it as follows: in today's European Union, all attempts that "are aimed at rewriting history and voicing revisionist positions" are unacceptable.

According to the legislation, on "Treaty of Trianon Day" events are held to promote the importance of the historical event, for which state and local authorities can provide logistical or budgetary support. According to the law, the Bucharest government and local authorities must ensure that the Romanian national flag is hoisted in public spaces on June 4.

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There are a few small problems with this post. First of all, the Wilsons would have made their decision after considering the aspects of science. A freak! The falsified statistics and maps of questionable authenticity did indeed play a role in the dictation, but the basic goal was revenge, the intention to virtually eliminate Hungarians, who were considered a foreign body in the middle of Europe.

Second: Transylvania did not return to the "motherland", it was taken away from the motherland. Of course, the publication is right that the Romanian diplomats had a role in the decision, but it is ridiculous to say the least that it " recognized the political and civil rights of the majority Romanian population of the region." On the other hand, it is a fact that the assimilation of Hungarians and the impossibility of self-determination began then and has continued ever since. In addition, there is the fránya Gyulafehérvár declaration, which promised the Hungarians doomed to become a minority - and none of the promises in the world have been kept. They were really vertebrates, weren't they?

The nice thing about this effort to celebrate Trianon is that the Romanians would expect the same from the Transylvanian Hungarians. Because quoting the Székely national anthem is forbidden, it has a revisionist flavor, and celebrating the tragedy of Hungarians spectacularly is natural, it fits into Romanian-Hungarian relations.  

That's all about the Romanians' holiday.

Source and title image illustration: MTI/Tamás Kovács