A political message

Miranda Voulasranta, the Finnish vice-president of the European Roma and Travellers Forum, stresses in the die tageszeitung newspaper the important message the Roma summit in Brussels sends: "It appears that the question of which Roma organisations are representative was not taken into consideration. The list of participants encompasses a hodgepodge of groups and organisations. One is forced to ask oneself according to which criteria they were selected. This is why the panorama of opinions ... is somewhat vague. On the other hand Europe's first Roma summit has pushed the issue right to the top of the political agenda. It was, after all, opened by the president of the Commission and attended by five commissioners. The European public sphere can no longer ignore the problems. The Roma are still the most discriminated and marginalised minority in Europe."

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