The Hungarian National Council of Transylvania ( hu, Erdélyi Magyar Nemzeti Tanács, EMNT; ro, Consiliul Național al Maghiarilor din Transilvania, CNMT) is a civic organization that represents the ethnic Hungarians of Romania. Established in 2003, its chairman is

László Tőkés László Tőkés ( ; born 1 April 1952) is an ethnic Hungarian pastor and politician from Romania. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 to 2019. Tőkés served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2010 to 2 ...

. The organisation intends to present, represent and move the case of Hungarian autonomy in Transylvania. In 2009, the coalition between

UDMR The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; hu, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ; ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian m ...

and Hungarian National Council of Transylvania resulted in nine percent of the votes in the European Parliamentary elections which meant three Romanian EP seats.Roger A. Coate, Markus Thiel
Identity politics in the age of globalization
FirstForumPress, 2010, p. 91

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