The Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement ( hu, Hatvannégy Vármegye Ifjúsági Mozgalom, HVIM) is a
far-right
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
movement originating in
Hungary
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and also present in
Romania
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,
Slovakia
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and
Serbia
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, advocating the unification of all ethnic
Hungarians
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that live outside of Hungary and the revision of the
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in ...
from 1920, which defined the current borders of the Hungarian state. Until 2013 the leader of the 64 Counties Youth Movement was
László Toroczkai
László Toroczkai (born László Tóth, 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian politician, journalist, leader of the Our Homeland Movement political party, and former mayor of Ásotthalom. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Counci ...
.
It is named in memory of
Greater Hungary, which was divided into 64 counties,
although it is an
anachronism
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, because the Kingdom of Hungary had only 63 counties, but the city of
Fiume and its district as a corpus separatum was under Hungarian rule and it was meant as the 64th county by the founders for simplicity.
The Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement has engaged on violent assaults on civilians in Serbia.
Ties to other organisations
The HVIM is responsible for organising the yearly ''
Magyar Sziget
The Magyar Sziget festival (''Hungarian Island'') is a nationalist festival organised in the Hungarian city of Verőce, by the Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) under the leadership of László Toroczkai. In 2015 the location was changed ...
'' festival. The youth movement has ties to the ''Betyársereg'' ('Army of Outlaws'), a black-clad 'self-defense force' that has a motor club as well. This group is also present at the HVIM youth camps, teaching kids survival skills as well as Hungarian history.
Charges on attempted terrorist act
On 1 December 2015, István Beke, a member of the organization, was arrested by the
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
n authorities for planning to detonate an improvised explosive device in
Târgu Secuiesc
Târgu Secuiesc (; hu, Kézdivásárhely, ; german: Szekler Neumarkt; la, Neoforum Siculorum) is a municipiu, city in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Lunga (''Nyujtód'').
History
The town was first mentione ...
during the
Great Union Day parade. Beke was charged with "attempted actions against constitutional order and failure to observe the rules governing the explosive materials regarding the prevention and combat of terrorism".
Zoltán Szőcs, the leader of HVIM's
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
n chapter, was also detained. According to the Romanian prosecutor's office, Szőcs had incited Beke and other activists to produce home-made bombs, which would be detonated during the national holiday.
On 1 February 2016, the arrest warrants of the two HVIM members were extended by 30 more days.
On 7 April 2017, Beke and Szőcs were sentenced to 11 months and 10 months imprisonment, respectively. On 4 July 2018, Beke and Szőcs were handed a final sentence of 5 years imprisonment each.
Violence in Serbia
In September 2011, group of 15 Hungarian members of the "Sixty-Four Counties" movement assaulted 5 Serbian men with metal rods who were going back from their friend's birthday party in
Temerin
Temerin ( sr-Cyrl, Темерин; hu, Temerin, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia. The town has a population of 19,613, while the municipality has a population of ...
.
Претучени српски младићи у Темерину - РАДИО-ТЕЛЕВИЗИЈА ВОЈВОДИНЕ
Приступљено 17. 4. 2013. According to the statement of a victim's mother, the attackers were dressed in uniformed Blackshirts
The Voluntary Militia for National Security ( it, Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, MVSN), commonly called the Blackshirts ( it, Camicie Nere, CCNN, singular: ) or (singular: ), was originally the paramilitary wing of the Natio ...
and attacked the young men because they were speaking Serbian.[Pretučeni srpski mladići u Temerinu - RADIO-TELEVIZIJA VOJVODINE]
Приступљено 17. 4. 2013. As the mother stated, "these children had to be beaten because they are Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
and because they speak Serbian in Serbia
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".
See also
* Our Homeland Movement
Our Homeland Movement (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom,'' MHM) is a Hungarian Far-right politics, far-right political party founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President László Toroczkai and other Jobbik dis ...
, Party of László Toroczkai.
References
External links
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Terrorism in Romania