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"Mr President, Commissioner Reding, during my term as Vice-Chair of the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee between 2004 and 2007, I participated in the work that resulted in the inclusion of the urgent restitution of church property on the agenda of Romania’s accession; Romania agreed to fulfil this condition. It is upsetting that five years later, a real estate that was lawfully returned to the possession of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Romania, the Székely Mikó College of Sfântu Gheorghe, will now once again become state property according to a questionable court decision. Meanwhile, persons who were performing their statutory duties at that time are now facing a prison sentence.
It is outrageous for a Member State of the European Union to withdraw a right it granted to a minority it had already institutionalised, and the next problem is that this renationalisation could set a precedent. This case therefore goes far beyond the protection of minorities. It casts doubt on general legal certainty and the trust in legislation in Romania. I therefore hope that the Commission will finally take actual steps to address this issue."@en1
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