Five parties join Jobbik initiative for day of Hungarian-Szekler cohesion

Five parties including ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats have expressed their willingness to join conservative opposition Jobbik's initiative for a day of Hungarian-Szekler cohesion, Jobbik lawmaker Istvan Szavay said on Monday. Szavay proposed three weeks ago, on the 170th anniversary of the Szekler national assembly of Agyagfalva, that 11 centuries of Hungarian-Szekler co-existence should be commemorated by making the date a memorial day and called on all party group leaders to back the initiative.