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European Commission rejects citizens’ initiative for the minorities: reasoning is incomprehensible, disappointing and exasperating – initiators considering legal action

17.09.2013

"We fail to understand the answer. We do by no means agree to the opinion that our proposal falls manifestly outside the framework of the Commission’s powers. We are disappointed but we will continue our campaign for minority rights"

FUEN president Hans Heinrich Hansen calls for dialogue and welcomes the widespread support from all the minorities in Romania for the European Citizens’ Initiative

16.09.2013

FUEN president Hans Heinrich Hansen and vice presidents Loránt Vincze, Paul Dieter Küssner and Halit Habipoglu concluded their visit in Tirgu-Mures / Marosvásárhely / Neumarkt in Transylvania with a joint press conference together with László Borbély, vice president of RMDSZ, the Hungarian organisation in Romania who is also the president of the Dr Bernády György Cultural Foundation.

Brussels and Târgu Mures / Marosvásárhely – FUEN in action for the minorities in Europe

11.09.2013

YOU ARE NOT ALONE: We are waiting in eager anticipation for an answer: according to the rules, the European Commission has time till Monday to give a response to our European Citizens’ Initiative – the MINORITY SAFEPACK INITIATIVE. Can we start and collect the one million signatures for diversity in Europe?

Loránt VINCZE FUEN vice president criticizes mayor of Târgu-Mures

22.08.2013

The mayor of the town of Târgu-Mureș, where almost half of the city population is Hungarian, refused the request of Hungarian organisations to have cultural events organised in the main square of the city

We pushed the button: MINORITY SAFEPACK INITIATIVE submitted

16.07.2013

Today, on 15 July 2013, our Citizens’ Committee submitted the citizens’ initiative for the minorities / ethnic groups of Europe – our MINORITY SAFEPACK INITIATIVE – to the European Commission.