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Hungary Changes Tack on Romania’s OECD Bid

September 25, 201715:03
Romania announced on Monday that neighbouring Hungary had now abandoned its opposition to Romania's membership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 
Hungary announced at the beginning of September that it opposed Romania’s membership over minority issues. Photo: OECD/Flikr

Romania’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said that neighbouring Hungary would support Bucharest’s bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD.

At the beginning of September, Hungary threatened to block Romania’s membership over the closure of a Hungarian-language Catholic school in Romania’s Transylvania region.

It also separately opposed Croatia’s membership over a corruption row involving Hungary’s  oil company MOL.

Hungarian Foreign Ministry said it had reversed its stance on Romania after receiving assurance from the head of the governing Social Democratic Party that the situation at the school in Târgu Mureș would be resolved.