{"id":1746,"date":"2014-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/25-05-2014-damian-draghici-the-rroma-are-not-the-problem-they-are-the-solution\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:48:20","slug":"25-05-2014-damian-draghici-the-rroma-are-not-the-problem-they-are-the-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/25-05-2014-damian-draghici-the-rroma-are-not-the-problem-they-are-the-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"25.05.2014 Damian Dr\u0103ghici: \u201cThe Rroma are not the problem, they are the solution\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avaline \/ Zacharie (2014) spoke with the Romanian Rroma-politician Damian \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr\u0103ghici on the European integration of Rroma and the barriers to a successful integration \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof this minority. Dr\u0103ghici sees the need for a broader education of the Roma, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tboth in terms of school education as well as what social skills are concerned. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHowever, he emphasizes that Rroma who are publicly visible and are incorrectly \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tseen by many as representative of all Rroma, represent only a small minority of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe minority. Many Rroma rather seek a successful integration and a better \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfuture for themselves and their families: The Rroma are therefore the solution \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Europe, Dr\u0103ghici states, their integration into the European economies \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmeans more workers for a rapidly aging society. Dr\u0103ghici hopes that the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmarginalization of the minority will be a thing of the past in fifty years: \u201cDamian Dr\u0103ghici does not want to see the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoma as a problem. Despite the signing of an agreement with Manuel Valls, as he \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twas the Minister of the Interior, the senator estimates that the situation \u201chas \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot changed\u201d. If he does, above all, question the \u201cindividualistic vision of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe states towards the question\u201d, he confirms that the marginalization of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoma will be \u201cfar behind us in 50 years.\u201d \u201cNo one will remember that previously \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto be Roma meant to be set aside.\u201d<\/em> The challenge remains not only to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tintegrate the minority generally into the national economies, but to do so at \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall levels, in all sectors of the economy, and not only in construction or \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tagriculture. It is to be hoped that Dr\u0103ghici will be right with his very \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\toptimistic future prospect.<\/p>\n