The European Union has condemned the French government over its treatment of Roma migrants, comparing it to the Roma expulsion atrocities committed during the second world war.The European Commission vice-president Viviane Reding said on Tuesday she was “personally appalled” by France’s behaviour, labeling it in breach of European law. The infringement procedures started against France.

“This is a situation I thought Europe would not have to witness again after the second world war,” said Viviane Reding, referring to Nazi Germany’s persecution of gypsies. José Manuel Barroso, the Commission president, supported this view. The EC gave France an infringement warning over this situation.

On the other side, France expressed its astonishment over the criticism.
The European Commission has said France  had broken EU law on the free movement of people when repatriating about 8,000 Roma this year to Romania and Bulgaria.

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