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CSOs call on the European Commission to ensure that commitments made under the EU Strategic Framework on Roma are held at the highest standards, and demand Member States to adopt an EU Council Recommendation supporting national Roma strategies to bring real justice and equality and ensure meaningful Roma participation at all levels and walks of life.

Statement of the Alliance against Antigypsyism about the current working process of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) to adopt a new “working definition of antigypsyism”.

Appeal to the European Commission and the European Council to make the post-2020 EU Strategic Framework for Roma Equality and Inclusion a top priority in its Covid-19 response.

Civil Society response on the Roadmap of the European Commission

Today, a coalition of more than fifteen Romani and anti-racism civil society organisations from across Europe called for the Council of the European Union, and governments of European countries, to make a clear commitment to the new proposals for post-2020 Roma Inclusion plans made by the European Commission in its communication to the European Parliament and Council yesterday.

The report highlights the persistent antigypsyism at all levels of European society, despite the efforts undertaken under the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the EU legislative framework against discrimination and hate crime.

The Alliance against Antigypsyism criticizes a statement of European Parliament President Tajani that fuels antigypsyism in the public discourse, and demands a clear commitment of Tajani against antigypsyism.

For the first time, Members of National Parliaments were invited by the European Parliament to discuss the fundamental rights of Roma and fighting antigypsyism.

Last week during the 3rd Roma Week in Brussels the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) released their first report on antigypsyism.