Roma mistrust in governments is an obstacle to COVID-19 recovery

The Roma Foundation for Europe network condemns racist remarks made by Romania’s Minister of Economy, Radu Miruță, following a public statement in which he used a derogatory expression targeting Roma.

As Bulgaria confronts rising public frustration, the long-overlooked experience of Roma citizens reveals both the depth of the system’s failings and the potential the country wastes when it sidelines a community that could help stabilise its future.

The new law shows how quickly fear can become policy, sending a signal across Europe that treating a minority as a security threat is no longer unthinkable.