Mihai Tudose suggested that ethnic Hungarians be hanged for seeking autonomy.
Tensions are running high between Budapest and Bucharest after the Romanian prime minister made a veiled threat to hang members of the country’s Hungarian minority.
Romanian Prime Minister Tudose and Social Democrat leader Dragnea reached an agreement on October 12, 2017 on a cabinet reshuffle, avoiding a new political crisis three months after the overthrow of the previous left-wing government. / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
On Monday, three Hungarian minority parties signed a resolution calling for autonomy for the Romanian region of Szeklerland, in which ethnic Hungarians are a majority.
In response, Mihai Tudose said on a late night TV show on Wednesday that “if the flag of the Székely community will wave over the…