But not for the reasons he believes.


Zeljko Jovanovic is President of Roma Foundation for Europe. He is also a board chair of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture and a member... of the European Council on Foreign Relations and the ASPEN Institute.
But not for the reasons he believes.

To convince Roma in Europe to take up the vaccine, governments need to take steps to build trust.
![A Roma activist carries food donation during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Miskolc, Hungary April 30, 2020. . [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2020-05-04T000000Z_54299070_RC2RHG96XJI4_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HUNGARY-ROMA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Brussels needs to make sure its green policies include measures that counter economic discrimination against the Roma.
![Romanian youths hold balloons with small notes to be lifted up during the International Romani Day at Herastrau Park in Bucharest on April 8, 2015 [File: AFP/Daniel Mihailescu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_DV2001767.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)