RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND HUNGARY AND THE OPTANTS ISSUE
RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND HUNGARY AND THE OPTANTS ISSUE

Author(s): Sebastian-Dragos Bunghez
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Diplomatic history, Economic history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: agrarian reform; optants; Romania; Hungary; agreement;
Summary/Abstract: The optants issue arose after the agrarian reforms in Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia following World War I, when Hungarian landowners settled in Hungary, who had been expropriated, claimed a violation of the Treaty of Trianon. Their interests were supported by Hungary, and negotiations led to the Paris agreements (1930), creating Funds A and B for compensation. Fund A targeted expropriated lands, while Fund B addressed non-agricultural assets, financed by war reparations and international contributions. The funding of the funds was suspended after 1932, and only Romania and Yugoslavia continued payments until 1940. The activity of the funds ended in 1948, after World War II and the establishment of communist regimes in Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.

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