European Integration and Ethnic Mobilization in Newly Admitted Countries: The Case of the Hungarian Minority in Romania. EUMA Papers, Vol.5, No. 7 March 2008

Bucsa, Lavinia. (2008) European Integration and Ethnic Mobilization in Newly Admitted Countries: The Case of the Hungarian Minority in Romania. EUMA Papers, Vol.5, No. 7 March 2008. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

[From the introduction]. Furthermore, the way this message has been framed by the Hungarian political elites – by using “European” themes such as “regionalization,” “Europe of the Regions,” “Catalan autonomist model” - raises an important question: is there a link between European integration and the radicalization of ethnic discourse? Does European integration affect ethnic mobilization and if so, how? This paper aims to address these questions by examining the case of Hungarian minority in Romania, through exploring the behavior of its political organizations (UDMR and CNMT), in the period from 1990 to present.7

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