Parliament calls for EU strategy on Roma inclusion

EurActiv reports on the new European Parliament’s resolution, adopted on 9 March, for a better Roma inclusion. The Members of the European Parliament gave their backing to a strategy, which would promote targeted action at all levels to deal with the wide range of social and economic problems that affect the everyday lives of an estimated 10 million people, Europe's largest ethnic minority.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Press Release, 9.3.11: Roma: binding EU standards to integrate Europe's largest minority http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/infopress/20110309IPR15166/20110309IPR15166_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Measures to promote the situation of Roma EU citizens in the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/measures-to-promote-the-situation-of-roma-eu-citizens-in-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Multiple discrimination http://www.europeansources.info/record/multiple-discrimination/

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