Spain: PM Sánchez commits to equality for Roma people

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On Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reaffirmed his government’s commitment to achieving real equality for the Roma community and combating discrimination. At an event commemorating the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Romani people in Spain, held at the Palacio de la Moncloa, Sánchez highlighted their contributions to the nation’s culture and history.  He also awarded two of Spain’s highest honors: one to singer Lolita Flores and another to guitarist José Antonio Carmona, known as Pepe Habichuela. The Roma first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in 1425, when Alfonso V of Aragon mentioned them in a safe‑conduct as people from Lesser Egypt.    #teleSUREnglish #Spain #PedroSanchez #Roma #Equality #Culture #History #Recognition

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00:00Moving out to Spain, on Saturday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his commitment to achieving real equality for the Roma

00:06people in Spain and fighting the discrimination they face.

00:09He also won two of the country's highest honors, one of two singers Lolita Flores and the other two guitarist

00:15Jose Antonio Carmona, known as Pepe Abichuela,

00:19and an event commemorating the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Romani people in Spain, held at the Palacio

00:26de Moncloa.

00:27Official residents of Sánchez highlighted their contributions to the country's culture and the history.

00:33The Roma arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in 1425, when Alfonso V of Aragon mentioned them in a safe contact

00:41as people from Lesser Egypt.

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