Romania's Hungarians call for full autonomy
The largest Hungarian party in Romania - the Democratic Union of Hungarians - has called on Bucarest to allow for a full administrative autonomy for the 1,7 million strong Hungarian minority party.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, April 28, 2009
At congress in Cluj, in northwestern Romania, the party called for the recognition of Hungarian language as official and of Hungarian community as a constituent nation of Romania.
The call for follows last year's assessment by the party that the secession of Kosovo sets a precedent for other movements in Europe and the world.
Romania, but also Slovakia, have refused to recognize Kosovo's secession, fearing a precedent it could have on their own Hungarian communities.
