But in 2011, the ruling right-wing Fidesz party reopened the school and put it under the control of the Greek Catholic Church. The Chance for Children Foundation, a Hungarian organisation that campaigns for Roma education rights, then sued both the Church and the Hungarian state for
introducing segregation. The judge ruled on Friday that the current functioning of the school violates
both Hungarian laws on equal opportunity, and Council of Europe recommendations.
The verdict could affect dozens of other schools in Hungary, especially in provincial towns where certain districts have a high percentage of Roma families. The court's decision means that the primary school in Nyiregyhaza cannot reopen for the next school year, beginning in September - unless the Church successfully appeals the ruling.
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