George Maior, Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), has recently declared that he considers preventing the implementation of all forms of territorial autonomy in Romania to be the duty of the institution he leads. The administrative organization of any democratic country is a result of political decisions that are exclusively within the competences of the legislative branch. By violating this principle, the above affirmation of the Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service implies that the institution he leads operates as political police. This is not only antidemocratic and unconstitutional, but also confirms the wide spread opinion that the SRI is not only the legal successor of the Securitate, but also its spiritual successor, and preserver of its methods.

Ever since President Woodrow Wilson formulated it in 1918, the right of peoples to self-determination received universal recognition. If the European Union is the land of law and democracy, than this right should prevail not only in the legal system of the Union, but also in its everyday practice.

On the 10th of March, The Day of the Szekler Freedom once again tenth of thousands demonstrated for the autonomy of Szeklerland. The participants at the commemoration and the rally covered with blue and gold the monument of the szekler martyrs and the streets of Marosvásárhely/Tg-Mures, proving, that their support for the basic rights of our people is the same. Thanks to all of those, who came from all around Szeklerland, and also to the citizens of Marosvásárhely/Tg-Mures, who were present in great number at our National Day.

Last year, on the 10th of March more than 30.000 szekler people gathered at the monument of the szekler martyrs to manifest in a peaceful way, to express their support for the autonomy of Szeklerland and to call the government to begin dialogue about that.

Twenty five years after the fall of the dictatorship Romania has yet to restore most of the properties confiscated from the Hungarian churches, even though this was one of the conditions for its entry into the Council of Europe.

One month has passed since the Great March of the Szeklers. Nearly one month ago, Victor Ponta, prime minister of Romania, has promised to answer the Szeklers' demands in the spirit of the constitution, and the EU legal system. This is exactly what the participants of the March, and the hundreds of thousands of people who watched the event on television are waiting for. The event's manifesto, has been sent to the Romanian Government, to facilitate the response.

Officers of the Szekler National Council, President Izsák Balázs, Foreign Affairs Commissioner Dabis Attila, and Vice-President Márton Zoltán, met with Falah Mustafa Bakir, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan on the 15th of November in Budapest.

EFA calls on all European peoples to express their solidarity with the Szeklers by supporting their march for autonomy on Sunday.

On Sunday 27th October the Hungarian-speaking Szekler people of Transylvania will march to demand autonomy for Szeklerland.

EUSKADI BURRU BATZARRA Presidentea

Mr. Balázs Izsák
President of Szekler National Council

Brussels, 24 October 2013.

The European Free Alliance (EFA) works to make the idea of a “Europe of the Peoples” a political and cultural reality at the European and international level. It is an umbrella organisation that gathers 40 progressive nationalist, regionalist and autonomist parties throughout the European Union (EU), representing stateless nations, regions, and traditional minorities in Europe.