Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-402"
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"I wish to add my voice to those which have condemned the unacceptable measures taken by the French Government against Roma. The Roma population is the largest ethnic minority in the European Union. We are talking about 10 or 12 million people, more than the population of Belgium. Roma’s problems are not the problems of any particular state: they are the European Union’s problems. As long as we fail to understand and take this point on board, any measure adopted will end in failure. The issue of Roma integration is not resolved either through forced expulsions or through violence, EUR 300 bonuses or symposiums on cultural diversity. If we continue with such methods, we will waste time and resources and the problem will get worse, while the Roma population becomes increasingly poorer, more excluded and inclined towards crime. We must stop brutal approaches and look seriously at the causes of their behaviour, which means at their precarious circumstances in terms of education and healthcare, blocked access to the labour market, discrimination and ineffective crime control. A clear strategy for integrating these people into society must strive to achieve concrete long-term results. We must take these measures together, without passing the buck indefinitely from one state to another."@en1
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