Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-07-09-Speech-1-062"
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"en.20070709.14.1-062"2
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"Mr President, I would like to direct your esteemed attention today to the Roma and Sinti living in Europe. With 12 million people, this marginalised group is Europe’s largest minority. The situation of the Roma and Sinti is deeply shocking. The daily confrontation with racism and discrimination and a general lack of prospects are preventing this ethnic group from becoming an integral part of our democratic and pluralist society.
I was particularly upset to hear that a would-be Austrian politician, who is a disgrace to our profession, recently said that when these people are found begging they should be washed from the streets with steam jets. I am therefore particularly glad that there is another movement in Austria, the Graz Initiative, that is concerning itself with this group’s problems and has taken it upon itself to help the Roma and Sinti out of their difficult situation and promote their integration. Last week, important members of this initiative attended various meetings in Brussels to seek solutions to these people’s problems together with Members of the European Parliament and the Commission.
I would like to expressly congratulate this initiative on taking this step. It is the right approach to finding solutions to these problems in Europe."@en1
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