(from the European Roma Rights Centre)
THE NORMALISATION OF NEO-FASCISM: ANTI-ROMA RACISM AT THE HEART OF EUROPE'S FAR-RIGHT SURGE
By Bernard Rorke
'Academic discussions about the inexorable rise of the far-right in Europe routinely overlook the extent to which anti-Roma racism is integral, and not incidental, to the mobilisation of aggrieved and resentful constituencies, particularly in eastern and central Europe, and the extent to which Romani communities function as an all-purpose scapegoat for the perceived ills of society. A review of anti-Roma racism by state and non-state actors over the past eighteen months, shows that there has been no diminution of one of Europe's oldest hatreds, and serves as yet another reminder that the far-right presents a very real threat to the safety, security and dignity of Roma in Europe.' >
