but as elected Member of the European Parliament, he became an independent politician and resigned from his UDMR membership. In 2022, the UDMR proposed an amendment to the Romanian Child Protection Law that would ban the discussion of homosexuality and gender identity in public spaces. The bill passed in the Senate of Romania in April 2022 and was approved by the Romanian Human Rights Commission but requires approval by Romania's lower house of Parliament. Achievements 1989–1999: Developments in the educational system, including reclaiming for Hungarian-language education in some (though not all) schools that were transformed during the Communist regime; The law that allowed partial restitution of real estate confiscated during the Communist regime; Amendment to the administrative law, allowing for the use of Hungarian names of towns and villages as well as Romanian names (on public signs and indicators) where Hungarians live in numbers larger than 20%. 2000–2004: Adoption of restitution law of community forest, community and church real estates; Construction of new educational establishments, conservation of important historical buildings; Implementation of language rights in administration and justice; The inauguration of the symbolic Liberty (Szabadság) statue in Arad, demolished by the communist regime. 2004–2008: Establishment of the Institute for Minority Studies in Cluj; Establishment of new schools for professional education; Construction of sport establishments across Transylvania; The opening of the General Consulate of Hungary in Miercurea-Ciuc; Availability of a Hungarian language telephone directory. 2010: Decentralization process in the education and in health services; The History and Geography of Romania can be learned in mother tongue; The Hungarian language education benefits from more funding, the establishments are administrated by the local authorities. 2011: Important public investment were channeled into Hungarian led local communities, including sewage and water systems; The renewal of the 12 national road across Szeklerland; The UDMR managed to stop the intention of the political majority to create new and bigger administrative units, which would mint the diminution of Hungarian led counties. 2012–2013: The establishment of a Council for Cultural Autonomy, aiming to create a network of all goods and heritage of the Hungarian community in Romania; The UDMR presented the Transylvania 2020 project about the investment opportunities and development of the EU funding based on the 2014-2020 MFF of the EU; The UDMR together with the FUEN and the SVP from South Tyrol initiated the Minority SafePack European Citizens’ Initiative. Electoral history Legislative elections Local elections Presidential elections