a backroom deal [...] to leave the status quo and not limit education in minority languages in the upcoming education law
To be specific, the main change is for first graders to go from 7 hours/week for Hungarian and 4 for Slovakian to 5-5 (reduction by two - increase by one), because "ethnic Hungarian pupils don't speak Slovakian well but they should" (said the education minister). *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.