[peterfirefly]

I absolutely do apologize for the condescending attitude coming from Western Europe regarding the "oppressed gypsies" who were "totally good people who just never got a chance". It was wrong. They were and are more like parasites on better functioning peoples.

I was myself only briefly one of those Gutmenschen until I got hold of better data (which I actively sought and which were contradictory to everything I was taught in University).

On the other hand, this is pretty plonk-worthy:

> but don't give me this condescending attitude

and, yes, you probably should apologize for letting random Moldavians into the Schengen area.

All of the states in the Holy Roman Empire did pay extra taxes to pay for wars against the Ottomans a few decades later.

[bad_user]

We aren't in the Schengen area, that's a different treaty. And we aren't letting in random Moldavians. Applying for citizenship still implies submitting an application for review, which includes things like a criminal record, birth certificates from parents and from grandparents as proof that they were Romanians, plus proof of legal residence in Romania for 48 months. The process is for "regaining citizenship", being easier than the full process. And no, we shouldn't apologize, our relationship with them is no secret, some of us also want the unification.