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The recent history of the European Union offers a record of the success stories in terms of protecting minorities’ rights. This also applies to the Hungarian minority in Romania. This minority enjoys a variety of rights, including administrative posts, and these rights have been continually supported by Romania’s President Traian Băsescu.
However, in other areas we still have a great deal to do, and I would like to speak now about the problem of the Roma community. This offers a test of the European Union’s ability to integrate groups at a high risk of exclusion.
The case of the Romanian handball player Marian Cozma, brutally murdered by two members of Hungary’s Roma community, shows us once again that crime knows no borders and that ignoring the problems of this community is counterproductive.
The situation of this minority, which is inherently transnational and at great risk of exclusion, can only be improved through adopting a concerted policy at European level. With this in mind, I have tabled, along with my colleague Rareş Niculescu, a resolution on creating a European agency for Roma. The EU has a strategy for the Roma minority but does not have any agency to implement it coherently and effectively.
In order to remain a relevant force on the international stage, while preserving internal cohesion, the EU needs to be able to create a pan-European environment of tolerance."@en1
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