Following remarks by Czech President Miloš Zeman in which he labelled Romani people lazy and said that ‘slapping them’ is the best way to deal with them, S&D Group spokesperson for Roma issues Soraya Post said: “I condemn this statement and I expect the country’s judiciary to act on this – this is hate speech and racism, and that is against European law. Nobody should express him or herself like this, especially not a president of an EU member state.”
