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kindergarten teacher was sanctioned with rest, after little girl suffering from autism a warning. 50 Content Minister of Education sanctioned for her proposal to establish ‘special classrooms’ NCCD decided that the statements made by “Some of them are sent to special school, the Minister of Education, Mrs. Ecaterina others are in regular schools, integrated in Andronescu, about the children with special normal classrooms. There, unfortunately, we needs were discriminatory and sanctioned are able to provide to a little extent support her with a warning, recommending that she teachers for children integrated in regular should refrain in the future from statements classrooms and then we end up creating that result in discriminatory effects. difficulties for the teachers. I was thinking we could assign more in one place and have She had stated that: “We currently have support teachers there. This means that divided pupils with learning disabilities, I would like to be able to provide support let us call them this way, in two categories. teachers also to those integrated in general education schools. Deputy Mayor Aurelian Bădulescu fined for statements against Jews Deputy Mayor of Bucharest city, Aurelian a stranger to this nation consequently from Bădulescu, was fined with an amount of the history of the Romanian people (...). My 5,000 lei for the statements made against a recommendation is to go back from where member of the Jewish minority (the president you came (...). I won’t express my highest of the Center for Monitoring and Combating consideration, as it would be normal, be- Anti-Semitism in Romania, who criticised cause you cannot enjoy my consideration. Mr. Bădulescu’s intention to place Marshal However, I am glad that people like you are Antonescu’s bust in Bucharest). concerned with topics such as those dealt by your excellency, of course, as a guest in He had stated that: “(...) obviously you are my country”. Prime Minister’s counsellor fined with a 1,000 lei fine National Council for Combating Discrimination in media The Prime Minister’s counsellor, Darius When specifying the sanction, the Steering Vâlcov, was sanctioned with a 1,000 lei Board took into consideration the social danger fine, for having published a personal medical posed by this action, which results, among file of a protester on his personal Facebook others, from the status of the respondent, and account, calling him “crazy”. also the fact that, later on, the respondent deleted the discriminatory statements from his Facebook account. Footballer fined for racist statements A footballer playing for Universitatea Craiova black player Bradley de Nooijer. He called team, Nicusor Bancu, was sanctioned with the Dutch defender “a stinky nigger” dur- a fine amounting to 10,000 de lei for ing the game between Universitatea his racist statement made against the Dutch Craiova - FC Viitorul. 51  Also, NCCD issued a decision sanctioning also amount for the passive attitude manifested the Universitatea Craiova club with the same in dealing with their own player’s gesture. Ludovic Orban, sanctioned for his statement about “the sows climbing up in the trees” PNL President, received a warning for PSD, by ALDE and by the other parties, all his statement in respect of people working the incompetent people, all the red necks, all in the administration, whom he compared the sows who are climbing up in the trees with “the sows climbing up the tree”: “As currently populating our administration(...)”. long as we are confronted with a labour market crisis, as long as many developers The Liberal party leader was also sanctioned fail to develop their business or investors with a warning for his statement, according who would like to invest in Romania do not to which: “The PSD government is like the take such a decision precisely because they Gypsy killing the working horse in order to are not able to find qualified staff, we allow steal its horseshoes.” ourselves to keep the offspring planted by Member of the Chamber of Deputies fined with 2,000 lei for hate speech NCCD found that the statement of Mr. Nicolae “I was glad when the discussion between Bacalbaşa, member of the Chamber of Dep- Mrs. Dăncilă and the current female Fuhrer uties, „nevertheless, I do not understand of Germany, Frau Merkel, who controls the taking and accepting the rude behaviour entire politics of Europe through fake parties, of an individual who, for me, personally, is you know, who are all derived from EPP, Untermensch – as we have already a meaning based on ethnic criteria, maybe German president, – who talks, after the non-German but strictly serving the interests vote cast by myself and my colleagues, about of this country and Mrs. Dăncilă did not shameful decisions” represents discrimination give in. If you want, this is also an answer and hate speech, by using a formula known for the above-mentioned Klaus Werner” to have been part of the language used by represents a discrimination hate speech, Fascist leaders (Heinrich Himmler). by collectively blaming a community for the actions of the Nazi regime, respectively by Also, the statement made by Mr. Bacalbaşa labelling the leaders of the community in for a TV station in Galaţi, reading as follows: question as Nazis. “(referring to the Romanian president, ed- itor’s note) Because, when you despise the For the above presented actions, NCCD ap- Romanians, you cannot apply a rule called plied the sanction of a fine amounting to NCCD | Activity Report | 2019 democracy to a structure that you despise. 2,000 lei to Mr. Nicolae Bacalbaşa. I cannot blame him, either. Germany infil- trated for decades, as, even if Hitler was in power for only 12 years, the German people, until the seventies, was pro-Hitler, up to a 70% degree.” 52 Content President of PPMT fined for the Nazi salute and for infringing human dignity of a national minority The National Council for Combating Dis- having appeared in a photo (Posted on the crimination sanctioned the president of the Facebook page of the Cluj branch of PPMT) Hungarian Popular Party in Transylvania while giving Hitler salute, thus infringing (PPMT), Mr. Csomortanyi Istvan, with a human dignity of a national minority and the fine amounting to 5,000 de lei, for memory of the victims of the Nazi regime. 4th District Mayor sanctioned for discrimination The Bucharest 4th District Mayor, Mr. Dan- French one, (...) I am convinced that you iel Băluţă, was sanctioned with a warning are highly preoccupied by the interests of after having discriminated against a local the Romanian state”. counsellor with a dual citizenship, Romanian and French. “When you will learn to read and write well in Romanian, as this is a major gap in under- The mayor made the following statement: standing, this is called functional illiteracy, “Having a dual citizenship, including the this is how it is called.” Mayor of Focsani city sanctioned with 2,000 lei The Mayor of Focsani city, Mr. Cristi Misăilă, maintaining some racist remarks on his was sanctioned with a warning for issuing social media page represents, in a similar, a press release which made references to the a discrimination and an infringement of ethnic origin of persons who had been late the right to dignity. For the above action, in paying their household bills. the mayor was sanctioned with a fine amounting to 2,000 lei. National Council for Combating Discrimination in media Also, the conclusion was reached that Ministry of National Education sanctioned for discrimination against Hungarian students The Ministry of National Education was necessary measures in order to Implement sanctioned with a fine amounting to the provisions of the Law on National Ed- 2,000 lei for failing to provide special Ro- ucation no. 1 of 2011, in respect of teaching manian language curricula and handbooks Romanian language and literature for stu- for students in classrooms having Hungarian dents in classrooms having Hungarian as a as a mother tongue, during the school year. mother tongue, for the purpose of ensuring their constitutional right to learn Romanian Also, NCCD recommended the Ministry of language, the official language of the country. National Education to immediately take all 53  CFR CLUJ club fined for its decision to deny accreditation for a journalist The National Council for Combating Discrimi- to his colleagues from Maramureş Jurnal, as a nation fined CFR Cluj with 5,000 lei for their result of a complaint submitted by the Sports refusal to award an accreditation during the Press Association. previous season to journalist Daniel Pop and Pride Romania Association sanctioned for defaming Orthodox religion during a theatrical performance The Pride Romania Association was fined organized as part of the Cluj Pride week, in with a fine amounting to 2,000 lei for order to promote the LGBT community, after having defamed the Orthodox religion during the actors appeared in monastic clothes and a theatrical performance, ate over a painting of Jesus. Taxi driver sanctioned for having refused a ride for a person with autism The National Council for Combating Discrim- provide transport for a person with autism. ination sanctioned a taxi driver with a fine The taxi company was also fined with amounting to 1,000 lei for his refusal to 1,000 lei. The transfer regulation in Romanian handball is discriminatory NCCD issued a sanction against the Roma- based on the citizenship criterion against nian Handball Federation, by applying a handball players, citizens of an European warning, finding that article 14 of the Regu- Union member State” and demanded FRH lation of the Statute and Transfer of Handball to amend the regulation in order to eliminate Players represents “a direct discrimination such discriminatory criteria. Company fined for discrimination and infringement of the women’s right to dignity A company was fined with 5,000 lei by the woman with her legs opened, accompanied National Council for Combating Discrimina- by the slogan “opened 24/7”. tion due to an advertising poster depicting a NCCD | Activity Report | 2019 Mayor’s office in a Harghita commune, sanctioned for discrimination based on ethnic criteria against Romanians The Mayor’s office of Ciumani commune, in Romanian language, as the locality is in- Harghita county, was sanctioned with a habited by Hungarians within a percentage warning for failing to publish a newsletter of 98.89% . 54 Content Times New Roman lost in front of the Bucharest Court of Appeal the case against the National Council for Combating Discrimination related to the article entitled “Dragnea’ s whore, under the assault of PSD members” NCCD had issued a sanction in 2018 against 5,000 lei for the company managing this Times New Roman for the article “Dragnea’ publication, 5,000 lei for the author of the s whore, under the assault of PSD members” article, 3,000 lei for the chief editor and 3,000 with a fine amounting to 16,000 lei, as follows: lei for the Director of Infant Media SRL. NCCD initiated proceedings on its self-notification after the General Mayor of Bucharest stated that Orban used to sit in his Deputy Mayor office “which looked like a niggers’ bar” The National Council for Combating Dis- Orban’s office, while he used a Deputy crimination brought proceedings on its own Mayor, looked “like a niggers’ bar, filled motion after Gabriela Firea stated, during with booze, cigarettes, stinking individuals”. a TV recorded intervention, that Ludovic NCCD opens a case on its own motion following the statements made by the Mayor of Iași NCCD opened a case on its own motion after Syrians and other nations just getting down the statements made by the Mayor of Iasi, Mr. a tree will come all over us, will conquer us Mihai Chirică, who told a local publication and they will become our bosses. They will during an interview that “the Congolese, lead us, you will definitely end up having a the Somalis, the Syrians and other nations Congolese running the Iasi Municipality, getting down a tree will come all over us”. there are also some Romanians of this kind, they behave like some Congolese, and they National Council for Combating Discrimination in media “The key resource for a country that wants will want to govern us. Because there is no to survive is education. If we do not invest focus placed on education”, stated Mr. Mihai in education, we can bid ‘Farewell!’. This Chirica. means that the Congolese, the Somalis, the NCCD initiated a case on its own motion against the statement of USR Botoșani Vice-President regarding the Roma The National Council for Combating Dis- to take the Roma out of the Old Center, we crimination brought proceedings on its own rearrange everything. No matter how much motion as a result of statements made by the it costs us, it is worth taking the Roma out of vice-president of USR Botoşani, Mr. Adrian the Old Center. We have solutions. First you Hobjilă, regarding the Romani groups in the need to clean and then you can do something Old Centre of the town: “We have a solution over there.” 55  NCCD | Activity Report | 2019 56 Content  Financial and personal data 57  Payments made in 2019