Acabo de parlar, en el ple d’Estrasburg, sobre l’estratègia de la UE en relació a la inclusió del poble gitano a escala europea. Només he tingut un minut per poder exposar les nostres propostes, per això adjunto a continuació el text en què he basat durant aquests mesos la meva postura en la negociació en relació a l’informe Jaroka i que m’ha servit també per a preparar-me la intervencio d’aquest vespre.
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IN ENGLISH
I spoke this afternoon on the EU Strategy for Roma. I based my speech in plenary on the following text, although due to the fact that I had my speaking time limited to one minute, I did not mention everyting. However, as these are the arguments we have used in order to base our (Greens/EFA) approach I attach it in its complete format:
R. Romeva i Rueda speech on Jaroka report on EU STrategy for Roma Inclusion
8 march 2011
The EP Jaroka report on the EU Strategy for Roma inclusion was voted in LIBE committee on 14/2, with the majority of the GREENS/EFA amendments accepted by the rapporteur or included in the compromise amendments, and many of the Group´s red lines to the issue included:
Opportunities for political intervention: There seems to be a difference between what the EP is expecting with the Jaroka report (EU strategy) and what the Commission will come up with (Framework for national strategies).
The Commission will provide guidelines and incentives for the adoption of national strategies, thus proposing a scheme that will be monitored at EU level. The Commission thinks that the Roma are an EU problem with national solutions/responses and thus wants to force member states to use the funds for vulnerable people for Roma integration (inclusion) with an integrated approach including targets.
The timeline is as follows: April the Commission presents its communication, then the relevant Council formations (JHA, culture, employment) will take the communication as a basis and suggest/ develop an angle. They hope that it will be in the JHA Council of April 12, EPSO on May 19, general affairs council on May 23 and then the June European Council will issue relevant conclusions.
The Commission has not initiated an open consultation process with social partners and civil society regarding the development of an European Framework for national Roma integration strategies: a coalition of NGOs has requested this; we, as GREENS/EFA support this request.