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Hungarian parliament supports Szekler National Council’s European initiative on national regions
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Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution to support a European initiative by the Szekler National Council on the protection of national regions.
The proposal by green opposition LMP, supported by the ruling parties, conservative opposition Jobbik and by the Socialists, was approved unanimously with 158 votes in favour.
The decision has symbolic significance given 2020 has been declared a year of national cohesion one hundred years after the Trianon Treaty was signed, the resolution states.
The Szekler National Council fought for six years to achieve a European court ruling which obliged the European Commission to consider a proposal submitted for the European initiative.
- Jobbik calls for cross-party cooperation to support ethnic Hungarians in Szeklerland
- Five-party support for European Citizens’ Initiative on protecting national regions
In line with the resolution, parliament welcomes the initiative dubbed European Citizens’ Initiative for the Equality of the Regions and Sustainability of the Regional Cultures which aims to convince the European Union to pay special attention to regions whose national, cultural, religious and ethnic characteristics are different from those of the surrounding regions.