If their demands are not met, the staff of the University of Theater and Film Arts will go on strike. The students, meanwhile, are asked to ask László Palkovics to resign from the foundation’s board of trustees, which is in charge of maintaining the institution.

There is growing resistance from students and professors to the erosion of the autonomy of the University of Theater and Film Arts (SZFE) due to the government’s decision to continue the university as a foundation under Attila Vidnyánszky. More and more world-famous artists are joining the solidarity movement around SZFE, but the Vidnyánszky family is not expanding. You can follow the latest developments in the SZFE scandal in our article series.

The strike demands were presented to the government by employees of the University of Theater and Film Arts (SZFE) on Wednesday, they announced at a press conference on Thursday. In his opinion, the founding statute and the organizational and operational rules of the new maintainer of the foundation also violate the interests of employees, which is why employees join the protest with the dismissal.

His claims were summarized in five points:

  • They guarantee freedom of creation, education and university!
  • Restore the powers of the Senate before the model change!
  • The internal functioning of the university can be determined by the university community in a democratic and self-determined way, through the Senate!
  • The rector, the directors of institutes and the directors of departments of the university can be elected by the university community in a democratic way, through the representation of the Senate.
  • They guarantee that the financial resources of the university will not be reduced!

It was also said that already on the first day, 85 people joined the initiative. A strike committee is delegated to negotiate with the government and, to the extent that they do not work,

They will go on strike indefinitely as of September 21.

At the same time, the SZFE university students sent a letter to László Palkovics, head of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology. In this, the Minister is requested, as an exercise of the rights of the maintainer of the Theater and Cinematographic Arts Foundation, to request the resignation of the foundation’s board of trustees, chaired by Attila Vidnyánszky.


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It has been more than a week since the students of the University of Theater and Cinematographic Arts were blocked in the main building of the university, new members of the board were not allowed to enter the institution and the start of teaching was postponed . For the moment, the new head of government and the institution, Attila Vidnyánszky, does not want to make a withdrawal. A tense stalemate has developed and we have turned around the possible scenarios in which events could continue from here.