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"There is, to my mind, a likeness between the Roma issue and the issue of race in the United States. Whilst they have managed to resolve it – partly at least – and they have made good headway with Obama’s victory, the scandal – for want of a better word – still persists in Europe.
Why did we all adopt this resolution in the plenary here in January? There was a good reason for it. The resolution stated, among other things, that we are in favour of a Roma unit within the Commission, a European Roma strategy, a general approach involving cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, as well as a Roma to Roma approach, as developed by the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). Nothing has come of it, except a summit meeting where there was even more talk without cooperation from, or with, the Roma.
I can tell you that the Roma community, with whom I have enjoyed ten years of close cooperation, was extremely disappointed with the result. I am sorry, Commissioner Špidla, that I cannot enthuse about your platform, which is yet another forum for debate, albeit at high level, in the framework of bilateral meetings. We have done plenty of talking. If there is anything we need, it is action.
I recently read an article that started with the words: we are about to have a bloodbath. There are uniformed vigilante patrols in a number of European States who provoke the Roma people. Should we wait until we get situations like those in Italy, where entire camps go up in flames?"@en1
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