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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
19992004{12-03-2002}
9 February 2004 6/2004
WRITTEN DECLARATION
for entry in the register
pursuant to Rule 51 of the Rules of Procedure
by Piia-Noora Kauppi, Sarah Ludford, Johannes Swoboda and Nelly Maes
on the full and equal participation of Roma in the 'expanding Europe'
Expiry date: 6 May 2004
The European Parliament,
- having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. noting that there are in total 7 to 9 million Roma living in Europe, a population equal to that of Sweden or Austria, thus forming the largest minority group in Europe,
B. recalling that after the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 the vast majority of Roma will live in the territory of the European Union,
C. deeply concerned at the position of the Roma as one of the minorities in Europe that suffers most discrimination, and that especially women and children belonging to the Roma minority are often subjected to multiple discrimination,
D. alarmed that during the last twenty years population policies, including forced use of contraceptive methods and sterilisation, have been proposed in Europe to discourage Romani women from having children, including very recently the documentation by a human rights organisation of forced sterilisation against Romani women in Slovakia,
E. worried that the effects of the long-term discrimination faced by the Roma minority could undermine and jeopardise the strengthening of social cohesion in the European Union,
Urges the institutions of the European Union to elaborate a new approach and strategies in order to recognise and address the degree of discrimination suffered by Roma in Europe; Romani issues should be considered as a European Union matter and not as external to EU affairs;
Requests the Commission to set up a Roma Secretariat in the framework of the European Commission to oversee and coordinate Romani affairs between various DirectoratesGeneral for a specific period, until Romani matters gain an equal footing on the European agenda;
Considers that a debate should be held in the European Parliament on the 'Equal Participation of Roma in the Expanding Europe', in which the educational opportunities of young Roma must be given a high priority; the debate should result in specific measures and recommendations to the relevant bodies;
Calls on the institutions of the European Union, in particular the European Parliament and the Commission, to recognise the difficult situation of the Roma community in Kosovo and the Kosovan Roma diaspora as a central consideration within an effective implementation strategy for stabilisation of the Western Balkans and their integration into the European Union.
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