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Sherutnipe: turning individual mandates into shared governing experience
In Skopje and Šuto Orizari, Roma public officeholders from across Europe came together as peers for the first time — bringing with them years of experience in turning political representation into decisions, budgets and public policy.
Sherutnipe
The first transnational peer exchange for Roma officeholders.
Review SherutnipeProgramme routeRoma Voters Are Europe’s Frontline Democratic Shield
The European Democracy Shield must address the places where democratic protections fail first and where anti-democratic actors test what can be normalised.
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Selected reporting, interviews and commentary showing where RFD’s evidence and work entered national and European debate.
Independent coverage2025–2026
PressHubRoma voters and Romania’s presidential result
Open coverageIndependent coverage2024–2025
HotNewsThreats against RFD Romania and the institutional response
Open coverageRegional coverageNovember 2025
N1 HrvatskaThe Šutar law and collective-security politics
Open coverageNational coverageFebruary 2026
N1 SerbiaManuel’s Law and road safety accountability
Open coverageEuropean commentary2024–2026
EuronewsRoma political conditions and Europe’s democratic integrity
Open coverageInterview2024–2025
VremeRoma political representation in Serbia
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Sherutnipe: The First Transnational Gathering of Roma Public Office Holders in Europe
In Skopje and Šuto Orizari, Roma mayors, councillors and MPs from across Europe meet one another as peers for the first time — turning individual mandates into shared, transnational governing experience.The Roma Built the Arrow. Our Generation Must Build the Bow.
The Roma have built a memory of extraordinary depth. What our generation must build is the political force capable of carrying that inheritance forward.The enemy within: Greece is fighting a war with no enemy
How exclusionary politics invents threats and weakens democratic institutions from within.Sofia or Budapest: the majority Romania needs is the one it refuses to count
A democracy cannot build a governing majority while leaving one of its largest constituencies politically invisible.Roma expertise inside Europe’s democracy hackathon.
The first Roma-led team selected for the Council of Europe Democracy Hackathon moved Roma expertise from consultation into the design of democratic responses.Many centre-left European governments turn to hard-right policies—with little reward
A European political argument about democratic retreat, xenophobic nationalist pressure and the failure of accommodation politics.Roma voters and Hungary’s democratic choice
A national conversation on political choice, electoral behaviour and what competing governing projects mean for Roma citizens.The Cost of Exclusion Falls and the Price of Resistance Rises
As Europe's democratic order weakens, the political cost of excluding Roma is falling. But Roma are not waiting for recognition—and turning our resistance into organised political power is becoming more urgent.The Cost of Political Suppression and the Price of Resistance
The political and economic arithmetic of political suppression — and the institutions capable of changing it.The Europeans Europe Ignores
Seventy-six years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe can no longer afford the costs of Roma political exclusion.Europe is making a mistake about Roma
Treating Roma participation as a minority issue misses its role as a test of Europe’s democratic standards.Roma Broke the Vote Machine in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria's April election, the machinery of vote control ran at full capacity. It failed anyway—and the implications reach well beyond Bulgaria.A Guarantee Praised, an Implementation Condemned
A legal and comparative study of Romania’s parliamentary representation system, its democratic consequences and routes to reform.Roma Voters Just Delivered a Democratic Masterclass in Hungary. Now Tisza Must Deliver for Them.
Roma punished authoritarianism, rejected the far right, flipped constituencies to the opposition and won five seats in parliament—but now Tisza must deliver for them.North Macedonia’s Week of Chaos—And the One Crisis the Government Chose to Put on TV
North Macedonia’s government is facing its biggest crisis yet: a fire trial, a missed EU deadline, a brain-trafficking investigation, a record drug seizure. It is no surprise that attention has shifted to Roma burning tyres.Humiliating Roma Won't Fix Hungary's Economy
Economic scapegoating cannot replace a governing strategy, and humiliation carries a democratic cost.Bulgaria Must Choose Democratic Renewal Over Democratic Pretence
Bulgaria must choose democratic renewal over democratic pretence as it enters another election cycle following President Rumen Radev’s decision to step down.Unlawful but Cheap: What Portugal’s Court Ruling Signals for Extremist Politics in Europe
Portugal’s anti-Roma posters case is about more than one election. It’s about what happens when racism is ruled unlawful but punished cheaply enough to be repeated.When Bulgaria’s Streets Echo Roma’s Longstanding Reality
As Bulgaria confronts rising public frustration, the long-overlooked experience of Roma citizens reveals both the depth of the system’s failings and the potential the country wastes when it sidelines a community that could help stabilise its future.What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Reveals About Europe’s Crisis of Courage
Europe’s progressive parties talk inclusion but keep doors closed. A mayoral upset in New York shows how courage—when allowed space—can still change politics.The Power of the Romani Language
The Romani language is more than speech—it is a political order built on trust and understanding, offering lessons Europe urgently needs to relearn.When Hate Becomes Politics, Violence Moves from the Margins to the Centre
Charlie Kirk’s assassination in America and the suppression of Roma in Europe expose the same mechanism: when hate is tolerated as politics, violence moves from the margins to the centre.From “Never Again” to “All Over Again”: How Fascism Became Governance in Today’s Europe
Every year on 2 August, Roma across Europe mark Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date commemorates the night in 1944 when over 4,300 Roma children, women, and men were murdered in a single evening at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a day of mourning—but also of warning. “Never again,” we say.Roma Voters Delivered a Decisive Margin in Romania’s Presidential Runoff
Roma for Democracy reports a dramatic return of Roma voters to the ballot box in the second round of Romania’s presidential election.The Price of Memory: 16 May and the Mandate We Must Carry
16 May is not a day of remembrance. It is a constitutional threshold—a test that returns each year, not to be observed but to be met.8 April: The Roma Nation Asserts Its Sovereignty
World Roma Day is not a symbol—it is an act of governance. On this day, Roma sovereignty steps into the open: not emerging, but enduring.The Sovereignty Trap
The far right condemn Brussels but embrace American billionaires, Russian disinformation and Chinese funding. Are they really defending sovereignty—or just handing it over to foreign powers that serve their interests?Hate Will Not Win
When pro-democracy activists in Romania are threatened, the world as we know it is under attack.How Ignoring the Roma Undermines Romania: A Call to Defend the Nation
The elections in Romania are a test of whether the nation can embrace inclusion and reject the forces undermining its democracy.In a Time of Turmoil, a Path to Roma Self-Determination
Despite facing unprecedented crises today, Roma communities can draw on their collective strength and shared history to seize control of their own future.Filter the recordAll documented collections
Decisive participation3 records · 2025–2026
Roma voters and Romania’s presidential result
Official-data analysis, network documentation and European coverage of the Roma vote across 144 municipalities and its contribution to the presidential margin.
Democratic protection4 records · 2024–2025
Threats against RFD Romania
A media record of threats directed at RFD Romania members and the institutional response that followed.
Regional accountability7 records · November 2025
The Šutar law and collective-security politics
Regional reporting on the law, its exceptional security measures and the demand for European democratic scrutiny.
Public accountability5 records · February 2026
Manuel’s Law and road safety in Serbia
National and European reporting on the demand for regulatory change following the death of nineteen-year-old Manuel Amet.
Democratic resilience8 records · 2024–2026
Democracy, security and the European political order
Commentary connecting Roma political conditions with democratic resilience, hybrid threats, foreign influence and Europe’s institutional response.
- Euronews · Trump’s re-election and Europe’s democratic integrity
- Visegrad Insight · Roma in the EU Democracy Strategy
- Roma Foundation for Europe · Europe cannot defend democracy looking only outward
- Visegrad Insight · Sovereignty for sale
- The Brussels Times · The new Commission must protect Roma against vote buying
- Roma Foundation for Europe · Roma exclusion is a security blind spot
- EU RomaPress · Democratic protection as a condition of security
- Brussels Morning · European far-right politics
Electoral accountability10 records · 2024–2026
Roma voters, political choice and institutional accountability
National and European commentary on electoral participation, political competition and what governing institutions owe Roma voters after elections.
- Roma Foundation for Europe · How ignoring Roma undermines Romania
- EU Reporter · Do Roma voters in Hungary really have a choice?
- The Brussels Times · Roma voters delivered in Hungary
- The Brussels Times · Investing in Roma voters and candidates
- Roma Foundation for Europe · Romania’s alliance with the far right
- Brussels Morning · Roma voters and Hungary’s democratic choice
- Roma Foundation for Europe · Roma voters just delivered
- Roma Foundation for Europe · Bulgaria: democratic renewal over pretence
- Romea · Roma voters in Hungary rejected the far right
- Expresso · Investing in Roma voters and candidates builds a stronger EU
Self-determination3 records
Leadership, sovereignty and Roma political agency
Arguments developed across different institutional periods on leadership, political autonomy and the movement from representation by others to self-determined political agency.
Public voice2 records · 2024–2025
Interviews and arguments entering national debate
Interviews and commentary carrying Roma political analysis into national conversations about representation, elections and democratic direction.
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