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Martinelli, Leonardo
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Inefficient policy
It is doubtful that France's Roma policy will be effective and it puts a burden on other countries, the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore writes in view of Interior Minister Brice Hortefuex's announcement that 700 Roma are to be deported: "The entire campaign is surrounded by a heaping portion of scepticism. The majority of the Roma identified have (as in the past) declared themselves willing to leave the country in order to cash in on the 'per capita' bonus of 1,000 euros for adults and 300 euros for minors. 'As soon as they have spent the money they'll return', warns Gérard Minet, regional secretary of the Human Rights League in Lille. ... At the same time the government's plans are leading many nomads to go into hiding before they are rounded up. Where will they go? They travel around France or to other countries. In recent days many are reported to have moved to Italy. Here they will wait until Sarkozy's Roma hunt ends and all the media fuss dies down and then they will return."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Migration, » Minorities, » France, » Romania, » Bulgaria
Employees uneasy at restructuring
The privatised telephone company France Télécom has stopped all plans for restructuring until the end of October in the wake of numerous employee suicides within just a few months. The business daily Il Sole 24 Ore writes: "The suicide drama has hit a business that from a financial point of view has remained very solid and competitive ... even in these times of crisis. Despite its good health the colossus is nevertheless also trying to cut employee numbers (which have sunk from 140,000 in 2002 to the current 100,000). It is now having recourse to outsourced materials and young workers with temporary contracts, and is transferring call centers to countries like Morocco, where French-speaking employees are easy to find (at low prices). ... All union representatives are calling for an immediate stop to internal restructuring, which is almost always the cause of unease among employees."
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