Famous figures get behind the Szekler Initiative

The teams from Írdalá.hu and Gerilla.hu already have plans for the continuation of the Szekler’s European Citizen’s Initiative as they wait for Brussels’ approval to continue the campaign. The team expects to concentrate on five countries which will hopefully bring the Szekler’s initiative to fruition; the campaign has already begun preparations. The Szekler Initiative seeks to bring special attention from the EU to national, ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic minorities. 

The campaign may continue and the Írdalá.hu team is sure that they can achieve success Forrás: Facebook/Írdalá.hu

Katinka Hosszú has already helped immensely in the Szekler’s situation, Sarah Sjöström (middle) may bring success in Sweden
Fotó: MTI/EPA

László Pesty said, in connection with the potential extension of the petition’s deadline: we will focus on those five countries (Slovenia, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and Latvia) and there is nothing else to do than complete the work that we couldn’t finish in the second round due to time constraints. He is sure that if Sarah Sjöström and Carles Puigdemon join the campaign, this will, in and of itself, get the last two countries and thereby bring success to the Szekler Petition.

Though the signatures deadline ended on Saturday at midnight, information consistently suggests that the initiative may be continued.

They expect that Brussels will again postpone the deadline which will most likely be pushed back three months to February 7th; the next few months will be essential to obtain the remaining two countries so that the initiative reaches the lawful thresholds. This is also hinted at by the fact that the incoming signatures counter on the main website has not yet stopped – this is what happened on May 7th at the end of the first round. The Szekler petition can be supported at this very moment; many are taking advantage of this opportunity as signatures continue to accumulate.

The stakes of the initiative lie in one of the European Union’s largest funding structures, that cohesion policy should give priority to regions that are distinguished from the surrounding area by nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, and language.