Coaching in human rights

The announcement that the EU Commission will take legal action against France is long overdue, writes the daily De Standaard referring to the country's Roma policy: "The EU Commission can't ignore France's behaviour. Respect for equality and human dignity is at the essence of the European project, the Union's raison d'être. The EU is not first and foremost a free trade zone but a community of values. ... Respect for the fundamental values should not be eroded by even one millimetre. No one should be given the impression that it is acceptable to play around with the rights of their fellow citizens in any way. ... France, one of the founding countries of the European Union, is showing shameless disrespect for the European Commission with its behaviour. The French stance displays arrogance: Paris blatantly lied to the Commission. This casts a shadow on the entire European project. ... This is unacceptable."

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