Green MEP Marie Toussaint has asked the European Commission to assess whether Greece's Operation ENTOS, a police deployment in Roma neighbourhoods, violates EU non-discrimination law, raising concerns over ethnic profiling and disproportionate impact on Roma communities. The operation, which civil society groups say involves large-scale raids, stop-and-search, surveillance and mapping of Roma-majority areas, could affect fundamental rights protections for an estimated 300,000 Roma in Greece.
The written parliamentary question, submitted on 1 July 2026, cites Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Race Equality Directive, the Victims' Rights Directive and the EU Roma strategic framework. Toussaint asks three specific questions: whether the Commission is assessing the operation's compatibility with EU standards; whether it has raised or intends to raise concerns with Greek authorities about proportionality; and whether it will address discriminatory policing in Greece through its fundamental rights monitoring and Roma framework implementation.
The question contains concrete legal references and demands a clear policy response from the Commission, which typically must reply within six weeks. The answer will signal the Commission's stance on ethnic profiling by member state police forces and its willingness to enforce EU anti-discrimination rules in law enforcement contexts. The query targets the balance between public security operations and the prohibition of discrimination based on ethnic origin, a cleavage that pits security measures against fundamental rights protections for a vulnerable minority.