Right-wing populism a disgrace

EU Commissioner Viviane Reding's criticism of France's Roma expulsions is fully justified, writes the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza: "'This is a disgrace!' With these words EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has finally told the full truth about the expulsions of the Roma from France. The most painful problem in France isn't the unemployment or criminality of the Roma, but the attempt to make the French feel that foreigners pose a threat. ... President Nicolas Sarkozy has learned from Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian prime minister's coalition won the most recent elections by striking fear into the hearts of Italians with the spectre of mass immigration and rising criminality, although statistics even indicated a slight decline."

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