Sarkozy should be ashamed

The comparison by EU Commissioner Viviane Reding between France's Roma policy and Nazi Germany was to a certain extent justified, writes the left-liberal daily The Independent: "In one sense the comparison was just: targeting Roma for collective treatment is just as outrageous as it was for Hitler to target gypsies and Jews, or for any government to scapegoat any group en masse. Those now being expelled by M. Sarkozy and Mr Berlusconi lost what protection they had enjoyed with Eastern Europe's post-Communist collapse and moved to countries where their chances of survival were stronger. They are just the poorest of the poor, with a name hanging round their neck that guarantees discrimination. Those who prey politically on such hapless victims should be ashamed."

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