Why? Whipping up ethnic hatred is easy and quick, it doesn't need much precedent, and specifically in Vojvodina, there have been conflicts pushed by nationalists recently.

Someone (probably Germans) pushed and pressed Romanian politicians to raise this "issue"

Nope, the motivation mentioned in the article, Romania's blocked entry into the Schengen zone, is very much a sore issue for Romania to do stuff on their own.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}