The Romanian Hearth Union[2][3] or Romanian Hearth Federation[4] (Romanian: Uniunea Vatra Românească) is a far-right nationalist movement[5] and civic organization,[2] founded in Târgu Mureș in 1990.[4]
The main purpose of the organization is to save Romanians "hunted down in their own country" from the Hungarians viewed as "hordes plaguing humanity".[4] The emergence of the "Romanian Hearth" was helped by ex-Securitate officers.[4] The organization has been described by various sources as quasi-fascist,[6] radical nationalist,[4] xenophobic ultra-nationalist,[7] anti-Hungarian[8] and anti-Semitic.[9] It was associated with the former political party of Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR).[4]