A new era of toleration can only improve their situation.

In the run-up to the election, his opponent Freedom Party leader Norbert Hofer appeared to offer  a deal to Roma and Sinti, despite his well-publicised anti-migrant stance.

Meeting with Hofer  in a private capacity, Stevo Balog Radul, a senior IRU representatives, said before the election he believed the Freedom Party candidate might prove the better option. That view was quickly condemned by other Roma groups.