Trianon, fred eller start på konflikt?

The Székely therefore account for a significant part (45%) of the Hungarian minority in Romania. When given the choice on the Romanian census between ethnically identifying as "Székely" or "Hungarian," the overwhelming majority of Székely choose the latter. Note that they were not allowed to choose both of them. Therefore, on the last Romanian census (2002) only 150 persons declared their ethnicity as "Székely".

Since the Treaty of Trianon the Székely population has been a target of Romanianization efforts. In post-cold-war Romania, where the Székely form roughly a third of the ethnic Hungarian population, members of the group have been among the most vocal Hungarians seeking an autonomous Hungarian region in Transylvania.

2 Tyskarna behövde, om jag inte missminner mig, inte lämna ifrån sig mer än Elsass-Lothringen (förutom kolonierna, men dom ska vi väl ändå inte räkna då även segrarmakterna har övergivit dessa).

3 Turkiet blev styckat i olika zoner, men slutresultat blev att så gott som alla zonerna, inklusive det som var tänkt som ett framtida Kurdistan, återgick till Turkiet med undantag för det som idag är Syrien och Irak

To explain as clearly as possible the causes of the surprise about all of these facts enumerated above it’s useful to make a parallelism between the Danish minority living in Germany and the Hungarian minority in Romania. For the Hungarian people living in Romania the preservation of their language and their cultural identity is vital

The Hungarians from Romania are a national minority because they want to keep their language, culture and traditions alive, not because of some advantages. On the contrary: being a part of a minority can be a handicap in Romania

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Men jag ser ingen provokation i meningen "For the Hungarian people living in Romania the preservation of their language and their cultural identity is vital"

Så fungerar nog även de flesta första generationens invandrare i Sverige.

Meningen "On the contrary: being a part of a minority can be a handicap in Romania" är väl mer provokativ, samtidigt skriver han "can be" och det kan appliceras på många länder. Jag vill inte påstå att det är rätt, men det är ofta det pris en betydande minoritet får betala .

Det jag menar med "det förbjudna kortet" är att man bör undvika diskussioner som är totalt nedsmittade av propaganda, desinformation, nationalchauvinism, så till den milda grad att det till slut är omöjligt att se vad som är sanning och vad som är lögn.

Târgu Mureş has a substantial ethnic Hungarian minority, some of whom identify as Székelys. Since 2003 some Székely organizations have been campaigning for the city to again become center of an autonomous region. Dorin Florea is the first directly elected ethnic Romanian mayor of the city, though the city council retains a majority of ethnic Hungarians.

From having been an 89% Hungarian-populated city (1910), Romanian population increased throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2rgu_Mure%C5%9F

Hungarian Minority in Romania: Nationalists to Stage Demonstration on National Day
Monday, 13 March 2006

A nationalist leader has threatened to hold a demonstration in a city where an ethnic Hungarian group is planning to declare autonomy to celebrate Hungary's national day.

Corneliu Vadim Tudor, who heads the Greater Romanian Party, said Friday he was angry at the lack of reaction from Romanian authorities to what he said was an illegal move by the Szeklers, a small ethnic Hungarian group.

Tudor said he planned to call some 100,000 Greater Romania sympathizers to the central city of Odorheiu Secuiesc, where the Szeklers said they planned to declare territorial autonomy on March 15 - Hungary's national holiday.

Another member of the party, Gheorghe Funar, said his organization will not give up the demonstration without a guarantee form President Traian Basescu that the Szeklers will not pursue an "anti-Romanian action."

The Szeklers arrived in Transylvania in the 11th century. There are a few thousand Szeklers, who are allied with Romania's 1.4 million ethnic Hungarians.

On Friday, President Basescu met with Jeno Szasz, mayor of Ordorheiu Secuiesc, to discuss the situation of ethnic Hungarians in Romania. Szasz invited Basescu to Wednesday's demonstration, saying it would be peaceful, state news agency Rompres reported.

The head of the Hungarian Democratic Alliance, Marko Bela, welcomed Basescu's initiative to talk with Szasz and said he did not see any real danger in Szeklers' intention to hold a rally on March 15 in Odorheiu Secuiesc.

"If it's about acknowledging the wanted autonomy, very well. The Hungarian Democratic Alliance's program also includes provisions to obtain various forms of autonomy," Marko said.

The ethnic Hungarian party leader also underlined that, although he does not agree to the rally, "nobody is allowed to limit people's right to gather and express their opinion."

A former member of the Democratic Party, Lavinia Sandru, criticized Basescu over his handling of the situation and said the president should have been firmer with the Szeklers. She also said Basescu is trying to leave the impression that he is a patriot and will take care of things, but all this is just a show for his image.

Sandru also said that Basescu has no knowledge about what is going on in Transylvania and what the relations are between Hungarians and Romanians there.

In relation to the Szeklers' planned rally, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said the March 15 event will be one of the moments of free expression in Romania. However, he warned about the risks that Szeklers' declaration of autonomy may cross constitutional boundaries.

Underlining that the authorities are prepared to defend the law, Tariceanu expressed his hope that the Szeklers are mature enough to celebrate March 15 as it should be celebrated.

Relations between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians have improved in recent years.

Months after Romania's 1989 anti-communist revolt, six died during a riot between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians in March 1990 in the northwest city of Targu Mures.

http://www.unpo.org/content/view/3965/236/

As of 2000, a considerable percentage of the population of Târgu Mureş has started to work abroad temporarily. The local economy has started to get stronger after various investors settled in the area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2...%C5%9F#History

In March 1990, short-lived, but violent clashes occurred there between the two ethnic groups in the town, involving ethnic Romanians from neighboring villages, too. These clashes (also known as Black March by the Hungarians) left several people dead and hundreds injured. The riots were broadcast nationally on Romanian television, and were covered by media around the world.

The balance of clashes is 5 dead (2 ethnic Romanians and 3 ethnic Hungarians), and 278 injured. During the penal investigation and court trials that followed, one Hungarian (Pál Cseresznyés) and 7 Roma were condemned.

On the following morning, some 15,000 ethnic Hungarians gathered in the town square to protest the previous day's events. A group of approximately 3,000 ethnic Romanians hostile to the Hungarians' demands for autonomy began to gather on one side of the square in the early afternoon. Tensions escalated as word spread that buses of ethnic Romanian peasants from neighboring villages were heading toward town to support the Romanians in the square. By 2:30 p.m., the Chief of Police gave assurances to ethnic Romanian and Hungarian leaders in the square that the police had blocked off entrances to the city. However, unconfirmed reports indicated that the police allowed buses of ethnic Romanians through the roadblocks. Romanian peasants from villages outside Târgu Mureş arrived in the town center long after the roads should have been closed, and joined the Romanians already in the square.

Källa:
Human Rights Watch World Report for the year 1990.

On October 18, Michael won a decisive victory [21] against the army of prince-cardinal Andrew Báthory at the Battle of Şelimbăr, giving him control of Transylvania. Báthory was killed by anti-Bathory Székely on 3 November shortly after the battle, dying at the age of 28, and Michael gave him a princely burial in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Alba Iulia.[22] With his enemy dead, Michael entered the Transylvanian capital at Alba Iulia, and received the keys to the fortress from Bishop Demeter Napragy, later depicted as a seminal event in Romanian historiography. Stephen Szamosközy, keeper of the Archives at the time, recorded the event in great detail. He also wrote that two days before the Diet met on October 10, Transylvanian nobles elected Michael the voivode as Prince of Transylvania.