Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania

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]

Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt
President	Zsolt Szilágyi
Founded	2011 (2011)
Dissolved	November 2022
Merged into	Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania
Headquarters	Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania
Ideology	Hungarian minority interests Conservatism Christian democracy Autonomism
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	European Free Alliance (EFA)
Website
http://www.neppart.eu/
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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 Szilágyi	53,146	0.56%	10th
2019	did not compete

See also

• Hungarians in Romania
• Székely autonomy movement

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. . 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.