Originally. however. I did not come to this issue with any preconceived conclusions. The record shows that for years I raised my concerns about Romanias restrictions of the right to emigration and about the way that government manipulates this issue to deceive our Government and public. I also protested the way that government attempts to assimilate forcibly the countrys 2 to 2.5 million Hungarian minority population and other ethnic minorities by denying them the cultural rights that are guaranteed by numerous international agreements. among them the Helsinki Final Act. Still. for several years I concluded that I wanted to give that government the opportunity to review its practices and improve its human rights performance and I expressly supported renewal of MFN.
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