Publikative.org (2014) reports on a lawsuit filed by the Central Council of German Sinti and Rroma against the right-wing nationalist party Pro Nordrhein-Westfalen (Pro NRW). On the occasion of the European Council elections, the party produced a commercial that openly and with one-sided, emotional means, presents propaganda against the Rroma. The complaint reads, among others: “In the movie, pictures of streets and residential areas that are littered, of aggressive people and of a man in the street with a large knife, this with superimposed slogans like “quickly identify asylum fraudsters” and “seethe with anger, let it out”, are complemented with a rap song, in which the repeated refrain “like a gypsy” (as a gipsy ) is highlighted” (Pulikative.org 2014). The Central Council decidedly denies that the campaign video can be classified under the category of freedom of the press or freedom of expression. Rather, the video explicitly agitates against the Rroma, by portraying the minority sweepingly as benefit scroungers and criminals. This is contrary to the principles of German law and therefore must be decidedly condemned. This assessment is fully to be agreed with. To campaign at the expense of a minority that has been marginalized for centuries, can only be described as a shameless and foolish (compare PRO NRW SPOT Europawahl 2014, Ruhrbarone 2014).

• Publikative.org (2014) Zentralrat der Sinti und Roma zeigt Pro NRW an. In: Publikative.org vom 27.5.2014. http://www.publikative.org/2014/05/27/zentralrat-der-sinti-und-roma-zeigt-pro-nrw-an/
• Ruhrbarone (2014) Zentralrat der Sinti und Roma zeigt Pro NRW an. In: Ruhrbarone online vom 28.5.2014. http://www.ruhrbarone.de/zentralrat-der-sinti-und-roma-zeigt-pro-nrw-an/79877
• Videopronrw (2014) PRO NRW SPOT Europawahl 2014. In: Videopronrw Youtube vom 28.4.2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJxZXetaq9w

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