Roma spat casts shadow over EU summit / Sarkozy rages at EU ‘humiliation’ over Roma

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Series Details 17.9.10
Publication Date 17/09/2010
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A standoff between the European Commission and France on the treatment of Roma migrants deepened on the 16 September 2010 as Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to continue deportations and called comments made by the European Commission challenging his policy 'a humiliation'.

On the same day the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, presented to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe an initiative to help overcome the immediate and long-term challenges related to the rights and obligations of Roma communities throughout Europe.

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ESO: Background information: Reding condemns France over Roma http://www.europeansources.info/record/reding-condemns-france-over-roma/
ESO: Background information: Inter-institutional tensions overshadow EU summit http://www.europeansources.info/record/inter-institutional-tensions-overshadow-eu-summit/
BBC News, 16.9.10: Sarkozy denounces EU commissioner's Roma remarks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11332189
France24, 16.9.10: Sarkozy defends Roma crackdown after tense talks in Brussels http://www.france24.com/en/20100916-debate-sarkozy-eu-defends-roma-deporations-barroso-commission-tensions-europe
Council of Europe: Press Release, 16.9.10: Council of Europe puts forward initiative to improve Roma situation https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1668469&Site=COE&BackColorInternet=DBDCF2&BackColorIntranet=FDC864&BackColorLogged=FDC864
EUObserver, 17.9.10: Reding did not mean the Holocaust, but the 'Great Devouring,' Andor says http://euobserver.com/9/30835
EurActiv, 17.9.10: Summit sees Sarkozy, Barroso clash in bitter Roma row http://www.euractiv.com/socialeurope/eu-leaders-slap-down-reding-roma-row-news-497878
EUObserver, 17.9.10: Sarkozy unleashes 'violent' tirade against Barroso at summit http://euobserver.com/9/30826
Spiegel Online International, 17.9.10: The Roma Are a European Problem' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,718043,00.html
Bloggingportal.eu, 24.9.10: The Week in Bloggingportal: France vs. Europe http://www.bloggingportal.eu/blog/the-week-in-bloggingportal-france-vs-europe/
EUObserver, 23.9.10: Romania wants France to stop Roma expulsions http://euobserver.com/9/30873

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