Organizatia minoritatii rome in context european

Abstract

The poverty, the social exclusion, the repeated violation of human rights, the tack of identification documents, the lack of the access to medical care, the low level of employment, as well as the discrimination at all levels, represent problems of the Roma minority. Among these, the lack of identification documents is especially grave - ethnic Roma are unable to exercise their rights as provided in the Romanian Constitution, making them unable to benefit from the system of social assistance.

Against the background of an acute lack of political wilt that characterized the political and governmental action from 1990 to the present, the Romanian Government acknowledged the real situation of the Roma only because of the pressure exercised by European institutions. With all of this, the national plans and strategies for the issue of the Roma are inefficient, improperly implemented, and often do not correlate with the real needs of the community. The dialogue between the state and the Roma communities, the basic instrument to the solution of these problems, is still marked by profound deficiencies.