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Democratically elected representatives of the Senates of the Austrian universities of the arts, representing all cooperating citizen groups in their universities, express their solidarity with the students of the Budapest University of Theater and Film (SZFE), the Senate resigned and the rector’s office and those of a translated communication.
According to the document, universities write
We vigorously protest against the autocratic measures of the Hungarian government, which lead to the abolition of the autonomy of the Hungarian universities. We are extremely concerned about the withdrawal of the powers of the democratically elected bodies of the SZFE and we emphasize that the freedom of the arts, sciences and education is indisputable and must be guaranteed at all international borders. We urge the responsible ministry to immediately and completely withdraw all measures that empty the autonomy of Hungarian universities.
They also hope that the governments of the European Union countries, by influencing the Hungarian government, will ensure that legitimate academic bodies regain all their powers.
The six universities that joined the announcement are:
- Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien)
- Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien)
- Vienna University of Applied Arts (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien)
- Graz University of Music and Performing Arts (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz)
- Linzi Művészeti Egyetem (Linz University of Art and Industrial Design)
- Mozarteum University of Salzburg (Universität Mozarteum Salzburg)
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