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Az Európai Parlament július 10-i vitáján elhangzott felszólalása sokunk számára különleges jelentőséggel bírt. Őszintén köszönjük, hogy nyíltan és bátor hangon beszélt arról, amit sokan csak halkan mernek kimondani: a nemzeti és etnikai kisebbségek valódi veszélyben vannak.

Dear Madam Member,

We thank you for your speech delivered on July 10 in Strasbourg in the European Parliament, in which you placed side by side the fate of the Hungarians in Transcarpathia and the cause of the national regions. Your words made it clear that this citizens’ initiative carries significance not only within the framework of the Union, but may also bring hope and support to communities left outside its borders.

Dear Madam Member,

The future of national regions is our common cause. On 10 July, at the plenary session of the European Parliament, you clearly articulated what a broad range of supporters of this initiative have been demanding for years: the issues of communities living in national regions cannot be addressed with fine words and abstract debates alone – concrete action is needed.

Dear Mr. Buda,

In your speech of 10 July in Strasbourg, you expressed views regarding the principles of cohesion policy, the protection of minorities, and the citizens’ initiative concerning national regions. You addressed an important subject, as cohesion and the management of diversity are among the key issues for Europe’s future.

Dear Madam Member of the European Parliament,

I would like to express my sincere thanks for your intervention during the plenary session of the European Parliament held in Strasbourg on 10 July 2025.

Dear Commissioner,

We were pleased to note your personal participation in the debate on the European Citizens’ Initiative on July 10, and that you concluded the session on behalf of the Commission.

During the plenary debate of the European Parliament on the European Citizens' Initiative for the Protection of National Regions – similarly to the hearing held by the Committee on Regional Development – a cross-party and cross-ideological unity emerged among Members of the European Parliament in support of the initiative.

Dear Mr. Kohut,

I would like to thank you for addressing the plenary in your mother tongue during the session of the European Parliament held in Strasbourg on July 10. I could have also written “congratulations,” and that expression would have been entirely appropriate. However, “thank you” means even more, because with this gesture you not only sent a message to your own people but also to us, the Székelys. The meaning and significance of that message is that we are not alone.

The organizers of the European Citizens' Initiative for the protection of national regions will participate in a hearing before the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) of the European Parliament in Brussels on June 25 this year. The citizens’ initiative launched by the Szekler National Council is not an abstract legal proposal, but one that can be applied to concrete events and objectives. The concept of improving cohesion policy is fully applicable to the recent events that occurred in Parajd at the end of May and in June of this year.

- Considering that in the past decades no institution has protested against the modification of the boundaries of the Hungarian Autonomous Province and its subsequent abolition in disregard of the public will of Szeklerland, and the legitimately expressed position of the affected local community has not become known;