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"Mr President, I, too, am happy that Commissioner Vassiliou is present, but I deeply miss Commissioner Reding, who has been virtually invisible in this matter since the summer of last year. When she does speak, it is much more about expressing her satisfaction than addressing the problems. Meanwhile, the forceful expulsion of Roma continues in France. This affected nearly 600 people between April and October 2011. In Slovakia, there is a legislative draft offering Roma women free contraception and sterilisation. In the Northern Czech Republic, protesters have attacked a settlement inhabited by Roma. In Bulgaria, there has been a series of anti-Roma protests involving threats and radical demands. In Italy, 26% of Roma women reported having experienced police violence and humiliating treatment.
In almost all of Europe segregation in education and housing, and violence and hate speech against the Roma are commonplace. The Commission remains silent and, as mentioned here, is awaiting our Roma strategies, with regard to which we know that several Member States have indicated that they do not see their preparation as necessary. No sanctions exist. The anti-discrimination aspect of the whole strategy is very weak, almost nonexistent, and will therefore not be enforceable either. Member States will have to come up with anti-poverty social measures, the monitoring of which the Commission foresees to be fulfilled by the Fundamental Rights Agency, which has neither the capacity nor the experience necessary for this task. We are stating this on time: we expect the Commission to take action against all expressions of discrimination and arrange for the effective implementation of the strategy."@en1
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