Szijjarto encourages Romania Hungarians to participate in April 3 vote

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has encouraged dual Romanian-Hungarian citizens to cast their ballot in Hungary's parliamentary election set for April 3, and pledged the government's continued support to Romania Hungarians if the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance wins. Speaking in front of a Reformed church built with the Hungarian government's assistance in Sfantu Gheorghe, the minister noted his government's efforts to "strengthen and support" ethnic Hungarian communities ever since 2010, and insisted that the upcoming vote would "fundamentally determine the future of both Hungary and ethnic communities across the border". Encouraging ethnic kin to vote, he said "every vote counts, not a single vote should be lost".