Priorities in the programme include social and economic integration and reducing the gap between Roma and non-Roma communities within society, as well as improving the image of the Roma minority, the MP said. She added that the programme would focus on four key areas: education, employment, accommodation and health care.

Levai Juhasz reiterated that Hungary was a member of a central and eastern European cooperation programme, in which the government was required to complete an action plan every two years; she added that the government would come up with its first such plan before August 31.

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column: News | date: 16. 5. 2007