Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania
Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania
Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt
PresidentZsolt Szilágyi
Founded2011 (2011)
DissolvedNovember 2022
Merged intoHungarian Alliance of Transylvania
HeadquartersCluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania
IdeologyHungarian minority interests
Conservatism
Christian democracy
Autonomism
Political positionRight-wing
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance (EFA)
Website
http://www.neppart.eu/

The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania[1] (Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt, EMNP; Romanian: Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania, PPMT) was a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011.[2]

Party was dissolved after merge with Hungarian Civic Party to form Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania in November 2022.[3]

Ideology and objectives

Map of the PPMT's proposed NUTS statistical regions of Romania, which would divide Romania into 15 regions.

It positions itself as an alternative for the Hungarian minority in Romania to the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the largest party representing the Hungarians/Magyars living in Romania. The party's aim is "to establish an own parliament and government in Transylvania" and to achieve autonomy for the Szeklerland.[4] It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.[5][6]

In June 2014, Tibor Toró made a proposal for the revision of the bilateral treaty between Romania and Hungary, which was signed in 1996: I think the basic treaty with Hungary should be amended to introduce a reference to the possibility of creating the legal framework of autonomy for national communities, specifically for Hungarians.[7]

This political organization is closely associated with the European MP László Tőkés, who was described by the president Tibor Toró as "the mentor of the party".[8]

In August 2021, the party proposed a similar law to the Hungarian anti-LGBT law.[9][10]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2012 47,955 0.65
0 / 412
 58,765 0.79
0 / 176
 7th Opposition to USL government (2012–2014)
Opposition to PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (2014)
Opposition to PSD-UNPR-ALDE government (2014–2015)
Neutral to the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet (2015–2017)
2016 did not compete Neutral to PSD-ALDE government (2017–2019)
Neutral to PSD minority government (2019)
Neutral to PNL minority government (2019–2020)

Presidential elections

Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2014 Zsolt Szilágyi53,146
0.56%
 10th 
2019 did not compete

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ethnic Hungarian party in Romania says "Transylvania is not a colony of Bucharest"". budapesttelegraph.com. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Bejegyezték az EMNP-t". kitekinto.hu. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Două partide maghiare din România au fuzionat. Noul partid se numește Alianța Maghiară din Transilvania (AMT) și promovează autonomia" (in Romanian). G4Media.ro. 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  4. ↑ "Cultural autonomy and territorial federalism: two voting options for Hungarians in Transylvania". nationalia.info. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Megalakult a Partiumi Autonómia Tanács". kitekinto.hu. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nyílt pályázat a Partium jelképeinek megtervezésére". erdely.ma. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "PPMT propune analizarea revizuirii Tratatului româno-ungar, să fie cuprinse şi referiri la autonomie".
  8. ↑ "Harghita: PPMT îi propune lui Tokes Laszlo să accepte să candideze la europarlamentare pe".
  9. ↑ "Will Romania step up anti-LGBTQ legislation like Hungary? | DW | 11.08.2021". Deutsche Welle.
  10. ↑ "'Nationalist' and far-right politicians try to push anti-LGBTQ law in Romania". 12 August 2021.
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