Romania declares Trianon Day a national holiday!

The Parliament voted again in favour of the Trianon Act, declaring 4th June a national holiday in Romania.

The House of Representatives rejected Klaus Johannis’ request to renegotiate the Trianon Act. In his request for review, Klaus Johannis objected to the fact that the bill, which had been criticised by several experts and non-governmental organisations, was drafted without authentic and meaningful public debate, and therefore called on the Parliament to resume the legislative process.

As the news portal Transindex reports, the act was supported by the majority of the parties – only DAHR representatives voted against the law, who previously asked for a postponement, but the MPs rejected this request.

According to Benedek Zakariás, leader of the DAHR faction, Romanian parties are currently not interested in adopting provisions for the development of the country, but instead use the legislature for political purposes, such as the Trianon Act.

“I am convinced that our work would be much more effective if we could vote on laws aimed at the development of the country that point to the future and not to the past, not to separate, but to promote peaceful coexistence,” the faction leader said. He added: “With the annexation of Transylvania, Romania was enriched not only territorially, but also with the Hungarian community living here, along with its culture and tradition.” During the plenary debate, Benedek Zakariás asked the representatives of the Romanian parties to work together as soon as possible on a strategy for the development of the country for the next ten years.

As Alfred Simonis, representative of the PSD said, he did not understand why the law was being blocked so “aggressively”.