{"id":1156,"date":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/10-10-2014-swedish-member-of-european-parliament-wants-special-taskforce-for-rroma-issues\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:47:27","slug":"10-10-2014-swedish-member-of-european-parliament-wants-special-taskforce-for-rroma-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/10-10-2014-swedish-member-of-european-parliament-wants-special-taskforce-for-rroma-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"10.10.2014 Swedish Member of European Parliament wants special taskforce for Rroma issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

EurActiv (2014) spoke \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twith Soraya Post, Swedish Member of European Parliament for the social \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdemocrats and a Rromni. Post wants to establish a special taskforce for Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tissues, in order to put emphasis on these topics and to be able to better \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsanction nations which don\u2019t adhere to antidiscrimination laws. In EurActiv, she \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpresents her objectives in more detail: \u201cNeedless \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto say that as a Roma MEP, I will work on having strong language on Roma issues \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin every piece of legislation the Parliament will be adopting. Secondly, I will \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmake a suggestion to include Roma history and culture in the EU countries\u2019 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnational curriculum. Apart from that, it is important to ensure that every \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tevent about Roma in Europe should offer translation into Romani. At conferences \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand meetings, it is often the case that Roma cannot contribute to discussions \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecause of a lack of translation services. Lastly, my two main goals during \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthis parliamentary term are to work towards appointing a EU Special \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRepresentative for Roma, and creating a Roma Platform. The EU Special \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRepresentative for Roma should coordinate the work that is done in the EU \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinstitutions on this issue. The person in charge should serve as a bridge \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbetween the Romani, civil society and politicians.\u201d<\/em> Using the example of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSweden, Post explained further who important a close collaboration between \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRroma-representatives and government authorities is: for the White Paper that \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocuments the history of the minority in Sweden for the period of 1900 till \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2000, they hold intense talks for several months. The White Paper is now builds \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe basis for school materials and for the deconstruction of stereotypes. <\/p>\n