Roma people represent the main minority of the European Union: twelve million people
92% confidence
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The figure of 12 million refers to the Roma population in Europe as a whole, not just the EU. The EU-specific figure is approximately 6 million, which represents roughly half of the total European Roma population.
The speaker may have confused the European total (10-12 million) with the EU figure.
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PrimaryEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)Today, with an estimated population of 10-12 million in Europe, approximately six million of whom live in the EU, Roma people are the biggest ethnic minority in the European Union.