01-15-2010, 01:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2010, 01:31 PM by RomaIndian.)
[quote name='Krishna' date='14 January 2010 - 06:10 PM' timestamp='1263488565' post='103512']
RomaIndian,
How organised are the Roma/Sinti in Europe?. I mean is there an umbrella group that sort of represents Gypsy folks in Europe or is it scattered. I mean having a single group is beneficial, and very effective in protecting your interests. And are there countries in Europe ( other than Romania? may be ) where Roma are large enough in numbers to play a relevant role in electoral politics?
Regds,
Krishna
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There is the Romani World Congress who represents all the roma. But they cannot be voted for, they are not a political party but romas are divided into different roma parties and organizations in different countries. Im not sure about the Roma nubmers but i think bulgaria, macedonia, serbia are also many romas. in skopje (capital of macedonia) there is a roma district with a roma governor called shutka
here is a map
![[Image: Romani_population_average_estimate.png]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Romani_population_average_estimate.png)
RomaIndian,
How organised are the Roma/Sinti in Europe?. I mean is there an umbrella group that sort of represents Gypsy folks in Europe or is it scattered. I mean having a single group is beneficial, and very effective in protecting your interests. And are there countries in Europe ( other than Romania? may be ) where Roma are large enough in numbers to play a relevant role in electoral politics?
Regds,
Krishna
[/quote]
There is the Romani World Congress who represents all the roma. But they cannot be voted for, they are not a political party but romas are divided into different roma parties and organizations in different countries. Im not sure about the Roma nubmers but i think bulgaria, macedonia, serbia are also many romas. in skopje (capital of macedonia) there is a roma district with a roma governor called shutka
here is a map