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04/12/2008

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Rodier, Anne

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Le Monde - France | 07/06/2008

Europe, the only hope for the Roma

Viktoria Mohacsi, the Hungarian MEP for the Alliance of Free Democrats, writes in French daily Le Monde about the Roma camps in Naples: "What is happening in Italy is simply terrible. ... If they [the Roma] are not granted Italian citizenship, the 100,000 ex-Yugoslavians will have to return to Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Kosovo. But they were fleeing the Balkan Wars. The question of integration does not arise for a people that no longer has any land in the state in which they were born. ... I do not know who first said it was in their blood to live as nomads. The Roma are not nomads. ... They settle, even if it is only in hut camps. The Roma want to be legalised. They do not see Serbia or Croatia as their home countries. ... A few years ago I believed the question of integrating the Roma was a matter of national responsibility because in each of the 27 member states the situation is different. ... But today, following my experiences in the Hungarian government up to 2004, I know that what is needed is double responsibility [at a national and European level]."

Le Monde - France | 14/05/2008

The adoption of Bulgarian orphans

Bulgaria is preparing an amendment to its family law whereby restrictions on the adoption of orphans will be eased. Anne Rodier, the paper's Bulgaria correspondent, comments: "The minors in these 'Homes for children deprived of parental care' often do have parents, with whom they have little or no contact. ... Until now it has not been possible to adopt such children, and this is exactly what the Bulgarian government is now seeking to amend. ... Scandals have rocked the orphanages since the start of the year, with cases of abuse in Moguilino, violence in Plodiv and even a case of sexual abuse and murder in Tran. ... Eight establishments have been closed. ... Yet as far as financing is concerned, the fate of the children remains in the hands of the establishments' directors, who in Bulgaria as elsewhere chase after private and public sponsors. ... As in other countries, the budget accorded by the state is symbolic. ... By reintroducing adoption, the national agency for the protection of children hopes to improve the children's fate."

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