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Instead of solving the sewage or water supply problems in Roma settlements where people live in clay houses, a completely meaningless Roma media house will be built for 60 million. This cannot be overlooked, says Tomáš Zdechovský, who heads the European Parliament’s audit in Slovakia, in an interview with Aktuality.sk.

What a waste …

• Vedie kontrolu europarlamentu: Nemám žiadny dôvod Slovensko trestať. Matúš Šutaj Eštok nech si nechá konšpiračné teórie. In: Aktuality. 27.05.2025. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/zVjHzPu/vedie-kontrolu-europarlamentu-nemam-ziadny-dovod-slovensko-trestat-matus-sutaj-estok-nech-si-necha-konspiracne-teorie/

The EU control commission, which is currently examining the use of EU funds in Slovakia, will also meet with the Roma MEP from the Slovakia movement, Peter Pollák. “MEPs will rightly ask why European taxpayers’ money should be spent on media houses, tree planting or other ‘soft’ projects, while people in settlements live without water, sewage and basic infrastructure. We have something to talk about,” he said. According to Pollák, hundreds of millions of euros are spent on analyses, strategic documents and training, but practically nothing has changed in Roma settlements over the years. He claims that people continue to live in inhumane conditions despite the fact that we have historically received the most money from the European Union to improve their lives – more than a billion euros.

• S kontrolnou komisiou, ktorá v týchto dňoch preveruje využívanie eurofondov na Slovensku, sa stretne aj rómsky poslanec hnutia Slovensko Peter Pollák. In: Postoj. 27.05.2025. https://www.postoj.sk/176127/dnes-treba-vediet

Slovak opposition Vladimír Ledecký (SaS) calls for reconsideration and revision of the action plans for the Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of the Roma until 2030 for the years 2025-2027, which were approved by the government in December 2024. As a Member of the National Council (NR) of the Slovak Republic, he submitted a resolution in which he warns that, based on the action plan, millions of euros are to be spent on “meaningless projects whose real contribution to improving the living and economic situation of the Roma is zero”.

• Vláda sa chystá rozhajdákať miliardu eur pod zásterkou pomoci Rómom, kritizuje Ledecký – VIDEO. In: Sita. 11.04.2025. https://sita.sk/vlada-sa-chysta-rozhajdakat-miliardu-eur-pod-zasterkou-pomoci-romom-kritizuje-ledecky-video/
• SaS vyzýva prehodnotiť akčný plán k Rómom. In: Teraz. 11.04.2025. https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/sas-vyzyva-prehodnotit-akcny-plan-k/870621-clanok.html