The Article reports that research carried out since 2009 shows unnerving results in terms of public sentiment, legislation, unemployment and segregation rates connected to the Roma, Europe’s largest ethnic minority group. There have also been a number of shocking cases demonstrating that anti-Roma prejudice is deeply rooted both in Western and Eastern European society.
The European Council agreed on a new Roma integration strategy which attempts to address social exclusion and prejudice simultaneously. Although the new strategy is detailed, questions about the results it can actually achieve must be asked, especially when the previous strategy — as we can see from the aforementioned — has had little impact on the past decade.
There are several ways of reshaping public opinion, but perhaps the easiest place to start would be asking Member States to teach Roma history and culture in schools, and not in making vague promises.
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