In recent years, the EU has repeatedly measured the situation of Roma in the member states, for example in 2008, 2011, 2016 and 2019. With results that are always similar or the same, which the current report confirms: The living conditions of Europe’s largest – and most discriminated – minority improved in very small steps and sometimes not at all.

In its most recent report, published on Tuesday, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) found that 80 percent of members of the minority in Europe still live in poverty – by no means only in the Balkan countries, where they make up almost a tenth of the population place.

As usual how to measure the 80% remains shrouded in mystery, as the overall number of Roma is not accurately known.

• Armut und Diskriminierung:Lage der Roma in Europa bleibt verzweifelt. In: Tagesspeigel. 25.10.2022. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/roma-in-europa-lage-der-minderheit-bleibt-verzweifelt-8794678.html