UDMR President Kelemen Hunor states that the Hungarian population in Romania clearly exceeds the figure of one million, considering that almost 2.5 million citizens did not declare their nationality during the census in Romania, and among them the proportion of Hungarians is certainly the same. in the case of those who declared their nationality, therefore we cannot talk about a decrease of 250,000 people, reports the Hungarian agency MTI with reference to the news portal Maszol.ro.

The politician made a statement on Friday to the Transylvanian news portal Maszol.ro about the results of the population census in Romania, the preliminary data of which was published by the National Institute of Statistics, writes News.ro. According to the results, 1,002,200 people identified themselves as Hungarian, which means that the Hungarian minority is 6% of the population that answered this question. During the last population census in 2011, 1,227,623 people identified themselves as Hungarians.

• The first results of the 2022 census: Romania’s population has decreased to 19,053,815 inhabitants

According to the president of the UDMR, there is generally a significant demographic decline, which affects Hungarians and Romanians roughly equally, and this demographic decline, in his opinion, has been going on for 32 years. He believes that the preliminary data give a realistic picture of the situation of Hungarians in Romania.

“We are more than a million people, and we cannot talk about a decrease of about 250 thousand, because almost 2.5 million citizens have not declared their nationality, and among them the proportion of Hungarians is, of course, the same as in the case of those who declared his nationality. nationality, so the law of large numbers also applies here. I think there are more than a million of us,” said Kelemen Hunor.

Kelemen Gunor: “This community wants to live in Transylvania. The necessary conditions for self-service should be created for him.”

According to the president of the UDMR, “there is no reason for celebration, but also for panic.” He emphasized that “this community wants to live in Transylvania, it sees its future here, it is a strong community and is able to support itself. It should be given the necessary conditions for self-care, including an institutional framework to preserve its identity,” he said.

“I don’t think that, based on the previous data, we should be pessimistic or that we have reasons to celebrate, I think that we should look at our situation realistically and build a future for over a million people on that basis. lives in Transylvania,” said the president of the UDMR.

He emphasized that it is also worth studying the age pyramid of the population, as it is obvious that the entire population is aging, and this obviously also applies to the Hungarian community in Romania.

He recalled that the reason for launching the UDMR of its family policy was that annual statistics had already proven the need for a long-term state policy that would improve demographic indicators, promote the birth of the population, and help young families raise children. consolidate financial position.

Kelemen Gunor thanked the Hungarians in Romania who proudly declared their Hungarian identity, as well as everyone who organized the census or helped in any way to conduct it.