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France responds to EU complaints after Gypsy spat (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - France is willing to alter some of its laws in response to European Commission complaints that followed the government’s expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, to countries in Eastern…

France defies EU criticism on Gypsy expulsions (AP)

September 16th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, speaks with Romania's President Traian Basescu during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A summit of government leaders seeking to mold a united European Union front on the global stage opened in disarray over France's expulsion of Gypsies and comparisons with World War II deportations. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy upended a European Union summit to defend his own nation’s honor, vowing Thursday to keep clearing out illegal immigrant camps despite accusations that France…

France hits back at criticism on Gypsy roundups (AP)

September 15th, 2010

Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are 'a disgrace' and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government fired back Wednesday at European Commission criticism of France’s crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, saying some of the complaints are unacceptable.


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Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis (AP)

September 8th, 2010

A Romanian Roma woman holds a baby while attending a religious service at the Bistrita Monastery in Costesti, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France. Speaking during an annual Gypsy feast held on a hill at the foots of the Carpathian Mountains, Iulian Radulescu, not in picture, told the Associated Press that Gypsies also known as Roma are being unfairly expelled from France.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania’s pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.


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