A group of eight non-governmental organizations, including Amnesty International and the Open Society Institute, is pushing for an EU-wide strategy on Roma, who continue to face strong discrimination in parts of Europe.
In a letter to European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, the NGOs urged the executive body to "become a catalyst actor in making Roma inclusion a reality in Europe" and to set up "an EU framework strategy to promote Roma inclusion".
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