The Romanian President's opinion that the methodology used for teaching the Magyars Romanian should be changed and resemble the methodology of teaching foreign languages has caused nationalist irritation and ironical comments.
Dan Voiculescu, a president of the Romanian Conservatives, was the straightest one, claiming that to equate Romanian with a foreign language was "an offense against Romanians and new defiance of the Constitution". He claimed President Traian Basescu was thus encouraging the Magyar radicals grouped around the Civic Magyar Union, which he shouldn't be doing.
But not even the Magyars have been pleased with the President's approach and they responded by mocking comments. Kelemen Hunor, a vice president of the UDMR (Democrat Union of Magyars in Romania), commented: "I am glad that, after 17 years, President Basescu has discovered the soda here on the spot, because the UDMR has been mentioning it for 15 years now". He added the system the President took as preferable was already settled in the new education law.
Gazda Zoltan, a president of the Civic Magyar Union, opined the President had finally got into contact with reality and he added he was hopeful that the Romanian education minister would take the appropriate measures. But the latter official wouldn't comment on it. He was just surprised that President Basescu hadn't made such recommendations to the ministers preceding him.
A.I.
Ziua Vineri 10 August 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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