23/07/2020
Iulius Rostas

EU Roma Framework: listening first! The post 2020 EU Roma policy: how to avoid future failures

The current EU Roma Framework runs out this year – but despite almost a decade of policy activity, not much improvement has materialised.
23/07/2020
Elena Marushiakova
Vesselin Popov

Who are the Roma? European Roma policy and definitions

The lack of a consistent definition raises the question if European Roma policy is doomed to failure, as its target is not clearly defined.
23/07/2020
Martin Kovats

The EU Roma policy – Backgrounds and functioning

The EU's direct involvement with policy specifically directed towards Roma was a response to change political conditions arising from eastward enlargement.
23/07/2020
Martin Kovats

Roma Integration: civic equality or ethnic empowerment?

By imagining Roma as a distinct and coherent transnational ethnic minority and policy object, the EU at risk of becoming the stepmother country of an orphan people.