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Committee on Petitions delegation to Romania
The Committee on Petitions will travel to Romania from 15 to 18 May to investigate issues raised by petitioners -illegal logging and the management and protection of the brown bear population- a group of eight MEPs will travel to Bucharest, Sfântu Gheorghe and Suceava in Romania and meet the Romanian Minister of Environment Mr Barna Tánczos, other government officials, local
Institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe
The European Parliament adopted by 494 votes to 76, with 76 abstentions, a resolution on institutional relations between the European Union and the Council of Europe. Parliament considers it necessary to strengthen institutional cooperation between the EU and the Council of Europe and to give new impetus to bilateral cooperation in the field of promoting and defending democracy, the rule
Black March 1990 – 33 years since the Ethnic Clashes in Romania
Only a few months on the aftermath of the Romanian Revolution, on 19-20 March 1990, the public opinion in Romania and abroad was shocked by the ethnic conflict between Hungarians and Romanians from Târgu-Mureș • Marosvásárhely. The events, broadcasted by the most important radio and TV stations in the world resulted in five deaths – Romanians and Hungarians – and
Appeal filed against the lower court decision on MSPI
The Minority SafePack Initiative’s Citizens’ Committee filed an appeal with the Court of Justice of the European Union in the context of the annulment proceedings brought by the MSPI against the European Commission. The Citizens’ Committee and the FUEN’s Presidium unanimously decided to appeal. “We are confident that the Court of Justice will overrule the General Court’s decision of last
Ignoring minority requests
The European Parliament today held a debate in connection with the 30th anniversary of the publication of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. It is unfortunate that the adoption of the EP resolution related to the topic could not be put on the agenda due to the opposition votes
CoFoE: citizens demand more from the EU
On 2 December, EU institutions and over 500 citizens assessed the follow-up to the proposals of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The European Parliament hosted today’s feedback event on the Conference on the Future of Europe in Brussels, involving representatives of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, as well as the citizens who were at the core
Minority language promotion projects in practice and on location
When talking about the relationship between tourism and minorities, it is always worth studying whether tourism helps language vitality and not just the income of people – as Michele Gazzola, Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration at Ulster University, Belfast noted in his keynote speech of the second panel at the Forum of European Minority Regions in Galway, Ireland on
The quest for minority rights in the EU continues
On Wednesday, 9 November 2022 the General Court of the European Union delivered its judgment in the case of the Minority SafePack Initiative vs the European Commission. The press release on the Court decision states that the EC proceeded correctly in refusing to propose legal acts based on the MSPI. According to the General Court, “the action already taken by
Judgment of the General Court in Case of Minority SafePack
The General Court confirms the Commission communication refusing to take the action requested in the European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ The action already taken by the European Union to emphasise the importance of regional or minority languages and to promote cultural and linguistic diversity is sufficient to achieve the objectives of that
Loránt Vincze re-elected as FUEN President
Loránt Vincze will lead the Federal Union of European Nationalities, FUEN, for another three years. The European umbrella organisation for minorities, which has more than a hundred minority organisations among its members, held its annual congress in Berlin this week. The Assembly of Delegates on Saturday re-elected the current president, who was running alone for the post as the candidate