Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-16-Speech-2-230"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress report on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060516.35.2-230"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-16-Speech-2-2312
lpv:speaker	lp:Kinga Gál2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-12-31)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-09-16--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, while I value your work, please allow me to ask you a question. Why has the one and a half million Hungarian population, one of the largest minorities in Europe, vanished from this report? All previous Commission reports, followed by the Parliament reports, called attention to the needs of the Hungarian community in Romania. This report hardly mentions it. We are pleased that, contrary to the preliminary news, it contains at least a general reference to the Minority Act. Commissioner, I can state with certainty that the Hungarian population of Romania has not vanished since October 2005. The issues that Parliament had expressly found to be problematic have not disappeared, either. These are unresolved matters. And it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no political willingness, either, to resolve them; for instance, there is no willingness to adopt a Minority Act based on cultural autonomy. Or to ensure higher education in the Hungarian language. Or to enforce the principle of self-governance. Or to amend the discriminatory Elections Act. Commissioner, the European institutions have a considerable responsibility to help the citizens of Romania, including the minorities, to recognise the possibilities provided by accession. Thus, the Hungarian community in Romania must also benefit from the European Union methods and techniques for the enforcement of interests. This needs support both from Bucharest and Brussels. Brussels has not given much help to this community today. But it can still help, it can help this community to recognise the possibilities and acquire the techniques. This will be a precondition of the competitiveness of the European Community. Therefore now, Commissioner, I will hand over to you the letter written by Members of the European Parliament, as well as, symbolically, a few of the thousands of letters written to you by people and civil organisations in Transylvania. We are, and I am, expecting a reply to these, too, in October."@en1

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