{"id":1324,"date":"2014-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/02-04-2014-pierre-alexandre-bouclays-supposed-truths-about-the-rroma\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:05:49","slug":"02-04-2014-pierre-alexandre-bouclays-supposed-truths-about-the-rroma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/02-04-2014-pierre-alexandre-bouclays-supposed-truths-about-the-rroma\/","title":{"rendered":"02.04.2014 Pierre-Alexandre Bouclay\u2019s supposed truths about the Rroma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bouclay (2014) offers \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thimself as revelator of hitherto undisclosed grievances of the Rroma in France. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe claims that the French welfare system fosters organised crime amongst Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthrough its humane legislation against minor offenders. That the ideas of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\torganised gangs build upon suspicions and cultural stereotypes about Rroma is \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot discussed here. This is also the case about his massive criticism of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEU-funds for the Rroma integration, which he dismisses as largely ineffective \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecause they are said to disappear in the black economy. That these are rather \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tproblems of coordination between EU-policies and national policy programs, he \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttotally denies: \u201cA circular on minors \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom 1945 prohibits that a child is placed under police custody. In 2012, 8\u2019000 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRroma children were arrested at least once in Paris. They are systematically \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treleased. The mafia networks didn\u2019t expect as much. With humanism and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tindulgences, one promotes the spread of organized crime. 17.5 billion Euros \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twere assigned by the European Commission for the integration of the Rroma for \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe period of 2007 till 2013. It is of public notoriety that a significant \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tproportion of these funds was diverted to fraudulent organizations and corrupt \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpoliticians. A part of this assistance is blocked today, due to lack of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttransparency.\u201d<\/em> Bouclay\u2019s supposed revelations about Rroma and inefficient \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEU-funds build on crude generalisations and assumptions. What he represents as \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta public general knowledge are rather myths of public opinion, an opinion, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhich satisfies itself with simple explanations, regardless of their \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttruthfulness. More critical, complex analysis would not hurt Bouclay.<\/p>\n