Council Chairman Rose drew parallels to Nazi-era anti-Jewish boycotts and called for disciplinary action against the police officials involved. He emphasized Austria’s commitment to the 1998 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, which mandates the state to combat all forms of anti-Romani sentiment. The police’s now-deleted message had advised residents to avoid interactions with the ‘traveling people’ and to report vehicle details, reflecting a troubling rise of nationalist rhetoric in the country.