2. There are some inconsistencies in the different accounts of the events in the Hungarian, German, and Romanian press. I am grateful to László Fosztó for pointing this out to me.
3. For an overview of the politics of Roma in Europe and a sophisticated analysis of its complexities, see Law and Kovats 2018.
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