“Transylvania cannot return to Hungary, because Romanians are mostly for a long time”

Marko Bela gave an interview to the Hungarian portal www.24.hu, translated into Romanian and published by G4media, in which he gave some answers, not necessarily to the liking of his western neighbors. Among the eternally sensitive issues was the situation in Transylvania, and the former leader’s response, when asked if this historic province still awaits, caused a stir.

“Transylvania cannot go back to Hungary, because Romanians are mostly Romanians for a long time, and today twenty-one percent of Hungarians and seventy-one percent of Romanians live here. The situation is complicated by the fact that Twenty-one percent does not have a homogeneous distribution, because in eastern Transylvania, in the furthest part of the Hungarian border, the Hungarian population is concentrated in the two counties of Szeklerland, there we are present in a percentage of seventy and eighty percent. a hundred, in other places we are a minority or even a diaspora. They, by themselves, render useless this continuous bitterness for belonging to Transylvania, “said Marko Bela.

Administrative status specific to Transylvania

The politician is of the opinion that Transylvania should obtain a specific administrative status, which probably refers to autonomy.

“Of course, it is another issue that what it is now, is bad, and for Transilvania a specific administrative status must be created. For that status one must fight,” added the former UDMR leader.

He also commented that he had betrayed the interests of Hungarians since the 1990s, when he sent Borbely Laszlo, Frunda Gyorgy and Tokay Gyorgy, all former UDMR colleagues, to a secret meeting in Neptune, where he concluded a pact. on behalf of the Hungarians in Romania, with the representatives of the Romanian power.

“The matter was so secret that the well-known American organization Project on Ethnic Relations announced to everyone that it was organizing the meeting. That is, with the clear intention of putting Romanians and Hungarians in Romania at the same table, in order to avoid” Of course, those who were against the participation of the UDMR in Romanian politics, then created the appearance that in Neptune we renounced our need for autonomy, “said Bela.

“Romania looks better in Brussels than Hungary”

The former leader hinted that he was in a cold relationship with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, saying that since he was in power, Hungary had entered a cone of shadow in Brussels. Instead, Romania, he says, has become increasingly influential in the European Union. He was also concerned that relations between the two countries, Romania and Hungary, were not the best.

“I am quite concerned that the relationship between the Romanian and Hungarian governments has been reduced to a minimum. And I am also concerned that while the influence of the Romanian government in Brussels is growing, the influence of the Hungarian leadership in a continuous struggle with the Union is diminishing. The change of regime, the consideration of Hungary as the most prestigious state in the region, gave a great impetus to the affirmation of the interests of the Hungarians in Transylvania.The Romanians themselves looked at Budapest in this way, and it was not the same for them. By comparison, if a Romanian-Hungarian disagreement arose in Brussels today, to a large extent, the Romanians would be right, “Marko Bela also said.

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