The Szeklers, like other Hungarian communities in the Carpathian Basin, can count on the support of the Hungarian government, the state secretary for Hungarian
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Officials Mark Szekler Freedom Day
Katalin Szili, the prime minister’s commissioner, and Árpád János Potápi, state secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, issued a joint statement to mark the Day of Szekler Freedom, on Wednesday.
In their statement, the two officials paid tribute to Szekler freedom fighters executed in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș) on March 10, 1854. “This day is also to pay tribute to the courage of the Szekler people standing united and fighting for autonomy defined within an European framework and in line with fundamental European principles.”
Signatories to the statement noted that the civil initiative aimed at promoting national regions within the European Union was now supported by nearly 1.2 people, adding that the high number indicated the high level of “unity and solidarity”.