A recurring dispute surrounding the alleged decrees of Beneš threatens to exacerbate Hungarian-Slovak relations and may impede the reconstruction of regional cooperation in Central Europe. In fresh months, the rights of the Hungarian number in Slovakia and the attitude towards decrees have been at the heart of political conflict in the country. Opposition procedures to win voters among Slovak Hungarians resulted in the government's reaction in the form of controversial changes penalising the "contest of post-war governance".
