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The Chamber of Deputies approved on Tuesday, November 3, the bill declaring June 4 Day of the Treaty of Trianon, with 175 votes in favor, 23 against and 85 abstentions. The deputies rejected the request of President Klaus Iohannis to reexamine this legislative project, and the Chamber of Deputies is the decision-making body, so the law will pass to promulgation.
The bill that has been approved has as its regulation object the declaration of June 4 as Trianon Treaty Day. The normative act provides for the possibility of organizing, at national and local level, cultural, educational and scientific events dedicated to raising awareness about the importance and meaning of this Treaty.
In this sense, central and local authorities, non-governmental organizations and representatives of civil society can contribute to the organization of actions by providing material and logistical support. At the same time, the Romanian Broadcasting Company and the Romanian Television Society may include cultural programs or aspects of events dedicated to this holiday in their programs.
Law challenged by the president
On May 13, the Chamber of Deputies adopted the bill as a decision-making body and sent it to the president for promulgation. President Iohannis referred the matter to the Constitutional Court, but the Court rejected the objections of unconstitutionality. As a result, the head of state tried to postpone the approval of the law and sent it to Parliament for reconsideration.
In motivating the request for reexamination, the President indicated that the law sent for promulgation generated numerous criticisms from experts and non-governmental organizations.
“The reactions produced at the level of civil society, as well as its magnitude, highlighted the fact that this law, in the form adopted by Parliament, did not represent the result of an authentic and coherent process of public consultation and debate,” it reads the request of President Klaus Iohannis. .
The Head of State considered it necessary to re-analyze the law, taking up the entire deliberative process on the law by Parliament and initiating a broad analysis and consultation, involving specialists, historians, researchers, teachers, academics, educational institutions, public institutions, representatives of civil society.
What is the Treaty of Trianon?
The Treaty of Trianon was signed on June 4, 1920 between the victorious Allied powers in the Great War and Hungary, as the successor state to the defeated Austro-Hungarian Empire. The treaty is named after the place where it was signed, the Palace of the Grand Trianon at Versailles, by 16 allied states (including Romania), on the one hand, and Hungary, on the other.
The treaty established the borders of the new state, Hungary with its neighbors, Austria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Czechoslovakia. Among other things, the Treaty of Trianon enshrined the union of Transylvania with Romania.
