Opponents accuse the Hungarian Guard, the paramilitary group associated with the party, of staging marches and public meetings to stir up anti-Roma sentiment and to intimidate the local Roma population.
Dumping manure on or near Roma settlements has previously occurred in France, where the worrying rise of anti-Roma sentiment has been fueled by a harsh policy of forced evictions.
There's been a lot of noise about antisemitism and anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary.
Unfortunately, the remaining 20% is difficult to mobilise, owing to widespread anti-Roma sentiment throughout Europe.
"One of my biggest fears is that the anti-Roma sentiment in Europe today very strongly mirrors what was going in the 1930s".
Harsh words are reminding some of Nazi persecution of Jews and Roma and of Czech wartime collaboration with it.Although overtly neo-Nazi parties are illegal, even respectable Czech politicians flirt with anti-Roma sentiment.
On the incident fanning deeper anti-Roma sentiment in the state, she added: "This possibility exists in all cases of a sensitive nature, and this one is no different.
Despite such warnings, anti-Roma sentiment appears to be spreading., Serbian news media reported this week that a group of skinheads in Novi Sad, Serbia, tried to abduct a Roma child in front of his house last weekend because his skin was fairer than that of his father, Stefan Nikolic.
The report also notes the worrying rise of anti-Roma sentiment, fueled by anti-immigrant hostility.
The level of anti-Roma sentiment, already high, continues to rise in many countries in the region.
With a surge of nationalism also came a spike in anti-Roma sentiment, bringing to the surface what had been latent for many years.
