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ERTF COMMENT ON THE “FIRST EVER EU LEGAL INSTRUMENT
FOR ROMA INCLUSION ADOPTED”
WRITTEN BY SECRETARIAT ON 12 DECEMBER 2013.
The Council
recommendation on effective Roma integration measures in the member states
adopted by the Council of the European Union on 9-10 December, 2013 is the
umpteenth appeal to member states to honour their commitments to improve the
situation of the Roma and to close gaps between the Roma and the general
population.
It repeats what has
been recommended over the last two decades by the Council of Europe, the
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the OSCE, not to mention the
Strasbourg Declaration 2010, the decisions of the European Committee of Social
Rights under the European Social Charter and the recommendations made by the
various Council of Europe monitoring bodies.
A reference to
these texts would have underlined the inaction of member states over several
years and in spite of numerous appeals. As the Recommendation stands it would
seem that awareness of this tragic situation arose during the last few years
and then thanks only to the European Union.
The European Union
has undoubtedly got wider powers and capacities than other international
organisations. In the present context of widespread anti-Gypsyism one would
expect the European Union to take a tougher stance than a legally non-binding
recommendation repeating what has been said for years by other international
organisations.
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