Minorităţile naţionale şi riscurile de securitate
National minorities and the security risks

Summary/Abstract: The European and the Euro-Atlantic enlargement was a common challenge for both the south-eastern European leaders and the western decision making actors. The recent political, legislative and jurisdictional developments refocus the attention to the issue of national minorities in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The domestic regulations related to the rights and the duties of persons belonging to national minorities are fully consonant with the consecrated European and international standards in the field, which were carefully elaborated under the auspices of the OSCE and the United Nations General Assembly. It is only a democratic regime that is capable to fairly deal with the differences, reduce the economic and the social inequalities, promote both the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the government and the citizens’ rights, whatever their ethnic origin. A detailed analysis is devoted to several aspects of the Romanian-Hungarian relationship, its impact on the regional security, as well as the advantages coming out from the participation of this minority in the elaboration of the Government’s policy. The author points out the role played by the Council of Europe and by the Commission of Venice for the attenuation of the dissensions characterizing the bilateral Romanian-Hungarian relationship, making reference to the Political Treaty between Romania and Hungary, the Hungarian law on the status of Hungarians in the neighboring countries, and the Status of national minorities in Romania. Democracy involves accepting the fact that every citizen of the country is equal in rights with the others and can fully exercise them, irrespective of his/her ethnic origin. Promotion of the human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the protection of minorities, requires the existence of a democratic legal order, which should provide equality and respect for all the members of society.

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