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"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr López Garrido, first of all, I should like to congratulate Spain on adding this summit to its list of priorities. At the same time, allow me also to congratulate the Commission for deciding to prepare a comprehensive report on the position of the Roma in Europe. It is testimony to the fact that we are aware of how topical this issue is. However, it has only become topical in recent years, with the enlargement of the European Union.
Another thing I am pleased to see is that virtually all the parliamentary groups, or most of them, have approached the resolution of this issue seriously. The Treaty of Lisbon has provided us with an additional legal basis, enabling us to approach more thoroughly the development of a comprehensive and powerful strategy for the resolution of the Roma question, in the framework of what is commonly termed ‘soft law’.
It is clear that we are not in a position to develop a common Roma policy at EU level, because the primary competence in this regard rests with Member States. However, what we can develop are some indicators and a common database; we can exchange good practice and, here, Member States can be of great help to each other.
I come from Slovenia where, for example, we have instituted the role of ‘Roma classroom assistant’, whose job it is to mediate between the school and the parents and who is of great assistance in introducing Roma children into the education system."@en1
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