President Băsescu should not allow the Star of Romania to turn red again

During the session of the Hungarian Parliament on 26 November, MFA Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh responded to a question posed by Member of Parliament Balázs Hidvégi.

The question targeted the decision of the relevant Romanian jury to revoke the state decoration, „The Star of Romania”, from László Tőkés – currently a Member of the European Parliament – , which was awarded to him in recognition of his formative role in the democratic revolution of Romania in 1989.

Zsolt Németh, on behalf the Hungarian government, requested Romanian President Traian Băsescu „not to allow the Star of Romania to turn red again.” He added that Hungarian political forces must remain unified in this case, and should stand arm-in-arm and create a „living chain” as people did in front of the parish house where László Tőkés lived in 1989.