Nieuwsbrief December  — Hírlevél December  — Newsletter December 2011

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On paper Romania seems to comply with all of EU’s regulations and laws, just like the way Romania complied with  the EU’s Human rights requirements when Romania joined the European Union in 2007. Since the Dutch government is verifying Romania’s readiness to join the Schengen zone, it should also take the Human rights situation into account. Since ratified language rights are neglected. You can read more in the following article. Romania complies with  Schengen on paper only, not in practice.  ( Dutch version, Hungarian Language version )

Recently the anti discrimination council of Bucharest decided that the city of Bonchida is discriminating, because the  law 215/2001 on public administration is violated.  According to governmental decree 1415/ 2002 Bonchida (Romanian Bontida ) and Kolozsvar (Romanian Cluj-Napoca )  are cities, where the use of Hungarians language in public administration is compulsory.  At present day all Bilingual signs from Bonchida have been removed. Only one  bilingual sign has not been removed, which can be found on the railway station  Our original letter to the mayor of Bonchida can be read here.  Our complaint to the anti discrimination council can be read here (Romanian language Version)

Recently the anti discrimination council of Bucharest  decided that not providing Hungarian language services is not an act of discrimination according to the government decree 137/2002.  According to the council the city of Kolozsvar is not obligated to provide Hungarian Language facilities. The Strasbourg framework for the protection of national minorities allows the denial of language rights based on objective economical criteria if these are consistently followed. The council did not take  the 99 decision of the city council into account. This decision is an official budget allocation for the installation of Hungarian language signs at the entrance of Cluj-Napoca / Kolozsvar. The council did not make any statements about the applicability of the 1992 population census upon which the rights of the treaty between Hungary and Romania should be based.  Our complaint to the anti discrimination council can be read here (Romanian language Version, Hungarian Language version)

A HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE SIGN IS COMPULSORY ACCORDING TO HCL 99 OF 2002. ALMOST 10 YEARS OF LAWLESSNESS IN ROMANIA

ILLEGALY REMOVED BILANGUAL SIGNS IN BONCHIDA.