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Tema destacado del Lunes, 5. Noviembre 2007

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The expulsion of criminal Romanian Roma from Italy

Suspicions that a Romanian Roma gypsy is responsible for raping and murdering an Italian woman have triggered a wave of hate against the Romanian minority in Italy. On November 1, the Italian government issued a decree according to which EU citizens deemed to pose a threat to public order and security can be deported from the country. The European press comments on the Italian government's hard line.

die tageszeitung - Alemania

According to Michael Braun the climate of hate against the Roma has reached fever pitch in Italy. "A hatred that was first created and then fanned by the media is spreading throughout the country. Whenever a Romanian citizen has been involved in a crime over the past few months, the media coverage has turned into a political campaign. And politicians, particularly those on the right, have taken advantage of this. But now, following the latest murder case in Rome, Walter Veltroni has taken matters into his own hands. He has sounded the battle cry against the 'Romanian emergency'. After all, he's warming himself up for the role of Romano Prodi's successor and therefore thinks he can't afford an open flank on the right. But his strategy won't work, because a policy that purports to take fears seriously by declaring a state of emergency is hardly likely to reinforce a sense of security." (05/11/2007)

Romania Libera - Rumania

According to Mircea Kivu, "the statistics are depressing: two-thirds of Italy's sentenced criminals are Romanians. For its part, the Romanian press is making a point of stressing that the perpetrator of the crime in Italy was a Roma [not a Romanian]. This looks like a lame excuse. Emigration generally points to lacking integration in one's own society. ... Shocking amounts have been spent on the integration of the Roma. Since 2001 the government has even had a specific strategy for dealing with this problem, but up to now the results are barely visible. The attempt to wash our hands of the business by pointing out that the perpetrators could be Roma points to a problematic understanding of the term 'citizenship', as well as deplorable irresponsibility. Ultimately, Romanian society as a whole is to blame for the great chaos in Roma communities." (05/11/2007)

La Repubblica - Italia

Facing the expulsion orders against EU citizens considered dangerous, the Italian journalist Renzo Guolo stresses the importance of defining a process allowing the "construction of a realistic supranational policy of migration within and beyond Europe. This is the last remaining opportunity to resolve the problem. Beyond this perspective, there is only impotent demagogy and a scenario where city outskirts and river banks, far form useless political quarrelling, will see make-shift shanty towns multiply along with bulldozer raids". (05/11/2007)

Le Soir - Bélgica

"Italy, and probably Europe, has just moved on to a new stage in the difficult relationship between the national and the foreign", writes Pascal Martin. "The decree-law that gives prefects the right to expulse EU members with criminal records is a rushed decision that is dangerous because it heightens distrust of and hatred towards a very specific community, including Roma and Romanians. It is also a disavowal of all those fighting the populists. It is pitiful for a centre-left government to favour the populists because of one sordid news story. Rome is not entirely to blame. The concentration of so much misery at the doors of the capital is a consequence of Romania's EU accession last January 1st. Poverty, criminality and corruption could not have been eradicated for that D-day." (05/11/2007)

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