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Romanian and Hungarian ice hockey players sang together the Szekler national anthem!
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Romanian and Hungarian ice hockey players sang together the Szekler national anthem with the fans following the Hungary-Romania match on Sunday. The Romanian political elite reacted with outrage, saying that Romanian players – 90 pc of whom are Szekler Hungarians – humiliated Romania. They added that players were not worthy of wearing the red-yellow-blue jersey.
Intolerable provocation?
Last Sunday, the Hungarian and Romanian national teams met in the Division 1/A Ice Hockey World Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Following the match, the Hungarian players of the two teams sang together the Szekler national anthem with the fans – Helló Magyar reported.
Marcel Ciolacu, Chairman of the Socialist Party (PSD), said that what happened is
an unacceptable provocation
in the light of the Ukrainian war. He added that the matter will be discussed in the governing coalition of which the Hungarian RMDSZ party is also a member. “These exaggerations have no place in Romania after 30 years of democracy. Everybody has to understand that Romania and Europe entered another era. During war times, such provocations are intolerable” – Ciolacu referred to the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
The president of the House of Representatives said they always showed respect towards the Hungarian RMDSZ party and the local minorities. However, such events that happened after the match cannot occur again.
Romania’s symbols are saints
Adrian Cozma, Vice-Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), asked Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca to dismiss Barna Tánczos (RMDSZ), Romania’s Minister of Environment, Water and Forests. The Romanian press wrote that he was sitting in the Hungarian sector during the match. Tánczos, a former president of the Romanian Ice Hockey Association, said on Facebook that many Romanian fans were sitting in the Hungarian fan sector. A Romanian family wore the Romanian national colours just a couple of metres away from his seat. Tánczos wore the jersey of the Csíkszereda ice hockey club. Most players of the national team play in that club, he added.