Officials mark Szekler freedom day
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Katalin Szili, the prime minister’s commissioner, and Árpád János Potápi, state secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, issued a joint statement to mark the Day of Szekler Freedom, on Wednesday.
In their statement, the two officials paid tribute to Szekler freedom fighters executed in Targu Mares/Marosvásárhely on March 10, 1854.
“This day is also to pay tribute to the courage of the Szekler people standing united and fighting for autonomy defined within an European framework and in line with fundamental European principles.”
Signatories to the statement noted that the civil initiative aimed at promoting national regions within the European Union was now supported by nearly 1.2 people, adding that the high number indicated the high level of “unity and solidarity”.
Zsolt Németh, the head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told a press conference that the civil initiative “must be kept in focus” until the official deadline of May 7 in countries where there are not enough signatures.