EU Commission sticks to its guns

The EU Commission has stuck to its openly critical stance on France's Roma policy despite heavy attacks from President Nicolas Sarkozy. Unlike so many leading European politicians, the left-liberal daily El País notes: "The deportations of Roma ordered by Nicolas Sarkozy this summer have triggered an almost unprecedented crisis in the European Union. ... In contrast to the passivity with which Europe looked on when Berlusconi initiated a census of the Roma in Italy two years ago, Nicolas Sarkozy's populism met yesterday with an appropriate response from the European Commission. This response stands in glaring contrast to the shameful support of the majority of heads of state and government in the European Council, who instead chose the path of diplomatic pragmatism."

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