Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-03-Speech-3-120"
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"Mr President, I apologise to the previous speaker, but the proposition that the major problems involved in living with Roma can simply be reduced to discrimination or prejudice may be politically correct but, in reality, it does not hold water at all.
Roma people themselves stand by a number of customs that are difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile with the basic standards that apply in most European countries. Huge unemployment among the adults and the shocking levels of school absenteeism among Roma children are not in the first instance the result of any discrimination whatsoever.
Last week, the Italian Court of Cassation decided that begging by gypsies forms an integral part of the Roma culture and cannot, therefore, be prohibited. I wonder where this is going to take us. As for me, I would argue in favour of a very respectful and humane, but at the same time unambiguous, approach.
Anyone who wishes to live in our society should respect its laws and standards. Begging, keeping children from basic health care, or worse, systematic school absenteeism, are altogether wrong in our society."@en1
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