Today, in the #SEDEC Commission of the European Committee of the Regions, four dossiers were debated that will influence the next ten years of Harghita County: the EU strategy on research and technology infrastructure, the European Social Fund 2028\u20132034, the LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy, and the EU Anti-Racism Strategy.<\/p>\n
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I took the floor, submitted amendments, and in every decision I represented the same principle: Harghita County must not be a second-class region in Europe \u2014 neither financially, nor in terms of rights, nor in terms of respect.<\/p>\n
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In the debate on the EU strategy for research and technology infrastructure, I made it clear: today, most European research funds and laboratories are concentrated in a few wealthy countries, while Romania and Harghita County are barely visible on the map. Without research, there are no good jobs. Without good jobs, young people leave.<\/p>\n
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That is why I asked that:<\/p>\n
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Harghita County is already a European Regional Innovation Valley in the field of food security. We are not asking for gift money; we are asking for the same chance to compete as western regions. If my proposals are included in the strategy, concrete research projects and engineering and IT jobs could be created here, in Harghita, in the coming years.<\/p>\n
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In the debate on the European Social Fund framework for 2028\u20132034, I said that in Harghita County there are people who work and still live in poverty. The average wage is below the national average, households spend much more on heating because of the mountain climate, and schools, doctors and young people are gradually disappearing from our villages.<\/p>\n
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I asked that the new ESF rules:<\/p>\n
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I am not asking for privileges for Harghita County, but for equal opportunities in an unequal situation. Social Europe only has meaning if support reaches places like ours too \u2014 where the weather is colder, wages are lower and the hospital is farther away.<\/p>\n
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In the debate on the LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026\u20132030, I made it clear: every person deserves respect and human dignity, regardless of whom they love. At the same time, communities with their own historical, cultural and territorial roots must also be considered separately.<\/p>\n
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It is not acceptable for this category to be absorbed into any other issue. Equality does not mean pushing every question under a single label, but protecting each community according to its own specific characteristics.<\/p>\n
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That is why I asked that the equality strategy:<\/p>\n
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Seen from Harghita County, this is not a theoretical debate, but part of our everyday life: schools, local institutions, religious and cultural communities. These must be secured now at EU level, because future frameworks and funding will be built on this basis.<\/p>\n
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The new EU Anti-Racism Strategy concerns how the Union acts against hate speech, discrimination and exclusion. According to a recent analysis, ethnic and racial discrimination causes billions of euros in damage every year \u2014 but the greatest losses are borne by regions where people cannot fully participate in the labour market, education and public life.<\/p>\n
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Here too, I represented two points:<\/p>\n
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The goal is simple: we do not want to be second-class citizens \u2014 not in terms of rights, not in terms of financial opportunities, and not when it comes to whether our voice is heard in European decisions.<\/p>\n
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Bringing good texts and favourable frameworks home from Brussels is only the first half. The second half is played in Bucharest, in Miercurea Ciuc, and in the other localities and counties.<\/p>\n
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then today\u2019s Brussels debates can turn into real investments, jobs, training programmes and measures that help keep young people at home in Harghita County.<\/p>\n
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If this does not happen, then even a good European text remains without effect: the money stops in Bucharest, the conditions are written by others, and we merely watch another cycle pass without deciding for ourselves what kind of future we are building.<\/p>\n
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In the period ahead, two things have no place: delay and waiting.<\/p>\n
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Those who act now gain position. Those who are late fall behind.<\/p>\n
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That is why I ask Harghita County Council to:<\/p>\n
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Final message to the residents of Harghita County<\/p>\n
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I go to Brussels so that others do not decide about us without us.<\/p>\n
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I speak up so that Harghita County, mountain communities and disadvantaged communities do not stand at the end of the line when decisions are made about money, rights and the future.<\/p>\n
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And I return home after every meeting so that these opportunities can be built locally into the county\u2019s budget, projects and decisions.<\/p>\n
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If the county leadership, local authorities, government representation and local communities pull in the same direction, then today\u2019s Brussels debates will not remain just words. They will mean jobs, stronger communities and fewer young people leaving Harghita County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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