FUEN CONGRESS 2022
27.10.2023In 2022, the Annual Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities took place in Berlin, Germany between 29 September – 2 October, the most populated city in the EU, where FUEN also has an office. It was hosted by the autochthonous minorities of Germany, the Lusatian Sorbs, the Danish minority, the Sinti and Roman and the Frisian minority.
The event was deeply marked by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Its topics included the situation of minority communities in international, regional, and national conflicts, looking back at past conflicts in Europe and giving the floor to the minorities in Ukraine, an exchange with Bundestag members and the presentation of the minorities in Germany. The programme also included visits tot he Bundestag and to the Memorial tot he Sinti and Roma of Europe Murdered under National Socialism.
The FUEN Prize was awarded to Italian politician Gianclaudio Bressa.
The Assembly of Delegates elected a new presidium and adopted a main resolution concerning the situation in Ukraine.
SAJTÓKÖZLEMÉNYEK
- FUEN Prize 2025 awarded to Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay for her lifelong commitment to minority rights
- Joint Declaration on geoblocking signed by minority regions at FUEN Congress
- Opening of the 69th FUEN Congress in Bozen / Bulsan / Bolzano
- Minority Monitor: Between Law and Reality – The Struggle of the Macedonian Minority in Albania
- Minority Monitor: Challenged Identity – The Case of the Turkish Minority in Greece
- FUEN mourns the passing of Traian Cresta, a leading figure of the Romanian community in Hungary
- VATAN representatives visit FUEN Brussels and raise awareness in the European Parliament
- German Bundesrat calls for inclusion of national minorities in the Basic Law
- FUEN’s European Dialogue Forum engages in political talks in Brussels
- 7th Annual Meeting of the FUEN Working Group on Education to be held in Western Thrace (Greece)