{"id":9718,"date":"2026-04-14T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9718"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:00:43","slug":"romanias-udmr-seeks-ties-with-new-hungarian-government-after-election-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9718","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s UDMR seeks ties with new Hungarian government after election shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) is seeking to establish relations with Hungary\u2019s new governing authorities following the parliamentary elections that brought the opposition Tisza party to power, UDMR leader <strong>Kelemen Hunor<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p>Hunor, who previously expressed support for outgoing Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n and attended his final campaign rally in Debrecen, acknowledged that no institutional relationship currently exists between UDMR and the Tisza party.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is now up to the incoming Hungarian government to define the framework for cooperation with ethnic Hungarian representatives abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Hungarians in Romania have traditionally shown strong support for Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Fidesz party.<\/p>\n<p>Following the election, Hunor said in a Facebook post that he had spoken with Tisza leader P\u00e9ter Magyar, who invited him to Budapest for talks. In the same message, Hunor thanked Orb\u00e1n for \u201cthe implementation of national policy over the past 16 years,\u201d while outlining several initiatives introduced under the Fidesz governments.<\/p>\n<p>Romanian deputy prime minister T\u00e1nczos Barna also commented on the political transition, noting mixed reactions within the Hungarian community in Romania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all those who feel they won yesterday. I encourage all my acquaintances and friends who feel disappointed and disillusioned to cheer up! 3.1 million Hungarians decided to change direction, and 2.5 million would have continued with the previous government. This is democracy. The sun rose again today,\u201d Barna said, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursa.ro\/tanczos-barna-8221stabilirea-cooperarii-intre-noul-guvern-si-maghiarii-de-peste-granita-sunt-inevitabile8221-43178852?mc_cid=07d427c5fe&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Bursa.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Manases Sandor)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) is seeking to establish relations with Hungary\u2019s new governing authorities following the parliamentary elections that brought the opposition Tisza party to power, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor said. Hunor, who previously expressed support for outgoing Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n and attended his final campaign rally in Debrecen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}