Mouillard (2014) reports on the publication of the latest paper by Romeurope. In the policy report 2012-2013, the organization criticises the unaltered stigmatization of Rroma by French politics, the authorities and the deterioration of conditions in the slums: “Regardless of the change of government, one is forced to state with consternation that the situation of persons who live in occupied houses and slums has deteriorated. […] The Rroma are assigned this [negative] identity, they are seen as uncontrollable as well as being responsible for the filthy housing conditions.” Mouillard shows with numerous quotes from a wide variety of politicians, that the Rroma still serve as scapegoats for local politics, which portrays the Rroma as a counter-concept to bourgeois values (compare Romeurope 2014).
- Mouillard, Sylvain (2014) Les Roms, boucs émissaires des politiques. In: Libération online vom 5.3.2014. http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2014/03/05/les-roms-bouc-emissaires-des-politiques_984703
- Romeurope (2014) Harcèlement et stigmatisation: politiques et paroles publiques aggravent la précarité des habitants des bidonvilles. Rapport 2012-2013. http://www.romeurope.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_2012_2013_cndh_romeurope.pdf