Semjen calls Transylvanian Hungarians to stick together

Cluj (Kolozsvar), April 17 (MTI) – Hungarians in Transylvania are obliged by their historical moral and political past to stick together, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen told the 12th congress of the ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party in Cluj on Friday.

“RMDSZ, the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, is a guarantee of strong Hungarian interest representation in Transylvania, and it should not be allowed to be weakened,” he said, adding that the party has the greatest potential as a cohesive force.

Semjen read out a message by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who wished much success in “re-planning”, the slogan chosen for party. He expressed thanks to RMDSZ’s outgoing leader Hunor Kelemen for working together as partners and joining forces in national issues over the past four years.

Semjen expressed concern that bilingual signs, the singing of Hungary’s national anthem and the use of national symbols are still thorny problems in Romania. “We would never have thought that an official document would be issued in the EU declaring autonomy efforts as a source of danger,” he said.