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2010. September 07.
The Roma issue should not be abused for political purposes
MEP Lívia Járóka (EPP Group) called for a common European strategy on Roma inclusion and, as the only representative of the Roma community within the EP, denounced the political misuse and misinterpretation of Roma issues.

2010. September 07.
Contribution of Lívia Járóka to the debate on the social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups
As one of the shadow rapporteurs of the report I would like to congratulate to dr. Parvanova on the acceptance of her report, which aims to offer solutions in order to minimize the disadvantage of minority women induced by ethnicity and reinforced by gender-specific structures.

2010. June 26.

The Belgian Information Office of the European Parliament as well as the Hungarian and Belgian Anti-Poverty Network organized a charity cooking in Brussels on the occasion of the European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. As one of the hosts of the event, Lívia Járóka MEP (European People's Party) spoke of the necessity of applying realistic statistical indicators and developing those lagging behind micro-regions that are invisible to current EU data collection.

2010. June 15.
Clear objectives against the discrimination of women
The European Parliament held a debate on the new EU Roadmap for gender equality. In her speech Lívia Járóka MEP, vice-chair of the EP's Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee and shadow-rapporteur of the new Roadmap urged the economic empowerment of women as well as combating multiple discrimination.

2010. June 10.
EU funds to eliminate flooded Roma ghettos
The Group of European Socialists and Democrats held a conference titled "Roma: A European reality" with the participation of László Andor, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs. Lívia Járóka MEP asked the commissioner about the EU funds available for the alleviating the damages caused by recent floods in Hungary as well as the implementation of the integrated guidelines of the EU 2020 initiative.

2010. June 04.
EU support for the social inclusion of Roma
The European Union’s 5 million pilot project for the social inclusion of Roma has been officially launched today. Lívia Járóka MEP (European People’s Party) expressed her hope that the project would prove to be a good practice on which the European-level effort for enhancing the situation of Roma can be based.

2010. April 08.
"The integration of Roma would also raise GDP"
The European Commission and the Spanish Presidency of the EU have launched the Second European Roma Summit in Córdoba. In her speech at the beginning of the two-day event, Lívia Járóka MEP (European People's Party) urged the development of a legally binging EU-level strategy, which reckons European Roma primarily not as an ethnic minority but as an economic target audience and is also able to alleviate the poverty concentrated in disadvantaged micro-regions by complex and holistic development programs.

2010. March 25.
Intervention of Lívia Járóka at the 29th Meeting of the Council of Europe Committe of experts on Roma and Travellers
Thank you very much for the Committee of Experts on Roma and Travellers for inviting me to share my thoughts about enhancing political participation among Roma. Our communities in Europe and especially in new Member States are underrepresented in all fields of public life and civil as well as political participation is astoundingly low. Let me mention just one figure to exemplify: by right of mathematical ratio, there should be about 20 MEPs of Roma origin in the European Parliament.In the 2009-2013 legislative term however, I myself represent the 10-12 million European Roma, whereas Luxemburg with a population of less than half a million delegates six deputies. This means, that Roma are 150 times (!) weaker represented in the EP than the population of Luxemburg and in some national governments this proportion is even worse!

2010. March 02.
The future of Roma children is a shared responsibility
The European Parliament's Working Group on the Quality of Childhood held a session on the situation of Roma children. Lívia Járóka MEP (European People's Party) drew the attention to external and internal dangers threatening Roma children on the part of society and their own communities.

2010. February 11.
The EU must involve candidate countries into its strategy on Roma inclusion
10 February 2010, Strasbourg - The European Parliament held a debate on the 2009 progress reports of Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey. In her remarks, Lívia Járóka MEP (European People's Party) urged the earliest involvement of candidate countries into the EU's strategy on Roma inclusion.

2010. February 09.
New resources for housing intervention in favour of Roma
The European Parliament held a debate on the regulations governing the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities. In her speech Lívia Járóka MEP (European People's Party -Hungarian Civic Union) welcomed the amendments and urged a community action plan aiming the development of disadvantaged regions and combating the social exclusion of Roma.

2010. February 05.
For the protection of the Kosovar Roma refugees
Thomas Hammarberg (High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe) held a working lunch with the representatives of the EU’s main institutions. Representing the European Parliament’s largest political group, the European People’s Party (EPP), MEP Lívia Járóka discussed the issue of Kosovar Roma repatriated from EU Member States with the High Commissioner.

2010. January 28.
Romani women are the most vulnerable
2010-01-28, Brussels - The EP's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality hosted a hearing on the new EU strategy for gender equality. In her speech Lívia Járóka (European People's Party - EPP) the Vice-Chair of the committee drew the attention to multiple discrimination and to the harmful economic effects of disparities among women and men.

2010. January 21.
On Fidesz' commitment to Roma integration
As the only Roma Member of the European Parliament, I strongly object to the recent accusations against Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union - suggesting that members of my party have regularly expressed anti-Roma sentiments.

2010. January 14.
Šefčovič has to explain his previous anti-Roma remarks next week
Brussels, 14.01.2010. Ms. Lívia Járóka MEP (EPP Group) held a press conference on the anti-Roma remark of commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič in which he claimed, that Roma were the "exploiters of the Slovakian welfare system". Járóka, the only Roma member of the European Parliament said that such a collective condemnation of Europe's most vulnerable minority was unacceptable. MEP Járóka said that he would have the opportunity to explain the issue at his Hearing.

2010. January 13.
László Andor does not share his Socialist colleague's views on Roma
Brussels,13.01.2010. - The audition of Hungarian commissioner-designate László Andor took place today in the EP's Committee for Employment and Social Affairs. In relation to the labour market integration of the most vulnerable groups and the perspectives of European social security systems, EPP (European People's Party) MEP Lívia Járóka questioned him about the statement of his Slovakian counterpart Maros Sefcovic, claiming that Roma were the "exploiters of the Slovakian welfare system".

2009. December 03.
"Historic churches must play an eminent role in the social inclusion of Roma"
2.12.2009. Brussels - A conference was held in the European Parliament about "The Role of Churches in the Social Inclusion of Roma" hosted by Lívia Járóka MEP. Participants agreed that historic churches might and must play an eminent role in the process of integration.

2009. November 25.
Comments of Lívia Járóka on violence against women

2009. November 11.
Education of Roma is a good investment
Brussels, 11.11.2009. - The Swedish Presidency and the World Bank organized a donor conference for the Roma Education Fund. Lívia Járóka MEP held a speech in the opening panel for key stakeholders and called the quality education of Roma an economic necessity and urged the review of educational projects.

2009. October 02.
Message of Lívia Járóka at the European Health Forum Gastein

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