Yes, both Hungarians and Romanians "broke the rules". I am surprised that Europeans equate the reduction of Romanian control with an annexation into Hungary. Most young Hungarians and the Hungarian government don't want that, it would only import the ethnic problems back into Hungary.

Economic measures against Romania and its exclusion from the EU would only increase its racist tendencies and corruption. Also, Romania's cheap labor market is a destination to outsource EU jobs to. So, like in Asia, economic measures may not work against them.

I was not clear when I wrote to reduce Romanian control. I meant that the EU would not only monitor the Romanian judiciary, law enforcement, and school curriculum in Transylvania, but rather replace it with the experienced EU executives, this way the EU would establish a tradition of law there that Romania never had. (This could be financed from Transylvanian income taxes.) I'm afraid, if the EU does not do anything drastic, then the patterns of the Romanian behavior will only keep repeating themselves.

Does this seem go too far from the EU point of view?