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)

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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)

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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)

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"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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In his speech of thanks on receiving Spain's Prince of Asturias Award, Israeli author Amos Oz urged Europeans to adopt a more differentiated view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. "While the Arabs perceive the Israelis as modern-day crusaders and Israel as an outpost of European colonialism, many Israelis see the Arabs as the reincarnation of the old oppressors, pogrom leaders and Nazis. This situation puts Europeans in a position of special responsibility for resolving the Middle East conflict. Instead of blaming one side or the other, Europeans should treat both sides with empathy and understanding and offer them help. You must stop deciding whether you're pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian and instead decide in favour of peace." (05/11/2007)

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Andrés Ortega, Chief Editor of the Spanish version of 'Foreign Policy', ponders how the migration of populations is building a new Europe. "The first EU enlargements did not lead to any massive displacement of populations despite making them possible. Portuguese and Spanish accession lead to no such tidal waves of immigration as were feared by the French at the time ... . By contrast, the recent accession of 12 countries has provoked large population shifts. Maybe these shifts were previously stymied by the cold war. Added to these displacements are the arrivals of North African, Asian, African and Latin American immigrants. ... In an unprecedented manner, new migration is transforming the EU, the composition of national societies and even the very notion of frontiers." (05/11/2007)

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On November 4th, French President Nicolas Sarkozy took three French journalists and four Spanish air hostesses out of Chad once they were released by the local justice system in relation to the Zoe's Ark affair. He "once again donned his blue suit brandishing 'S' for superman and flew to the rescue of Europeans caught up in the judicial web of an African country", writes Arthur Grosjean, assistant Editor in chief of the daily. "He attracted the European limelight by playing gentleman with a plane that did a little detour via Spain to drop off the air hostesses. Should this flying diplomacy be applauded? The families of hostages will applaud and we can understand hem. Public opinion will also let itself be seduced at first. But very soon a brutal question will be asked: what price did Sarkozy pay in Chad to play saviour?" (05/11/2007)

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Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos has spoken out in favour of sending Austrian soldiers to form part of a task force to protect Sudanese refugees in Chad. Conrad Seidl describes Darabos' stance as daring and risky, but nonetheless correct. "It's no mere coincidence that Chad is finally forcing itself into Europeans' awareness. For years we have stood by and watched the murders and burning in Sudan as if these human rights violations had nothing to do with us. But they do, and not only out of principle, but also because they create waves of refugees who may some day end up in Europe. But even this has only provoked impassive shrugs of the shoulders - until it became clear that Europe's influence and raw materials are at stake here. At the same time other world powers have acted with more resoluteness and considerably fewer scruples in the region. We must understand that European interests are also at stake in Chad, and as Darabos quite rightly pointed out, Austrian interests, too." (05/11/2007)

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The strong position of the Catholic Church in Poland is not under threat, writes Miroslaw Czech, adding that the election victory of the liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO) won't change this. "For the Church, the PO government and its wide support among the country's younger generation holds out the prospect that Poland won't share the fate of other Catholic countries like Spain or Ireland, where the process of secularisation has been particularly rapid. Under the PO government, Poland will remain 'forever loyal' to Christ and the Vatican for a long time to come. Poland is not joining the European trend of secularisation and the renunciation of the fundamentals of Catholic ethics. Over the coming years, there will be no major shake-ups. Life will continue at a comfortable pace with baptisms, first communions, weddings and funerals." (03/11/2007)

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The constitutional court's ban against gay marriage, first issued in 1995, was ratified a few weeks ago. Historian Róbert Braun nonetheless hopes the discussion will continue until what he sees as an outdated mentality disappears. "The decision goes beyond the scope of juristic interpretation and constitutes an attempt to bring the preferred system of values in line with the constitution on the strength of historical-cultural arguments. Just imagine if in the 1918 discussion about votes for women the case had been made that voting was an institution reserved for male citizens for traditional reasons, and that therefore being a member of the male sex was a fundamental condition for participating in this institution. The standpoint of the constitutional court on homosexuality is wrong, politically dangerous and morally questionable for exactly the same reasons." (05/11/2007)

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The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will today discuss the inviolability of the Benes decrees and other Hungarian-Slovak issues, Peter Schutz reports. He notes that Pál Csáky, Chairman of the Hungarian Coalition Party, has once again managed to get this issue on the agenda. "But it's one thing to get something on the agenda and quite another to get a result (such as give and take in a plenary session, the adoption of a resolution or the establishment of a commission). Moreover, in Europe stirring up the past has always tended to strengthen opposition rather than invoke support. ... But the fact remains that if today's committee discussion does have a follow-up and the subject of compensation thus becomes a 'legal' component of the Hungarian-Slovak problem, Csáky will have laid the foundation stone for his own monument." (05/11/2007)

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The Lisbon daily considers the visit King Juan Carlos of Spain is paying Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, this November 5th. "The conquest of Ceuta in 1415 was the starting point for Portuguese expansion. But this North African stronghold subsequently became the territory of the Spanish crown. Four centuries later, Portugal can consider that this spared it a matter of concern. Ceuta is indeed, along with Melilla, a serious source of tension between Madrid and Rabat. Their arguments for sovereignty are based on utterly incompatible interpretations of history and geography. ... Facing such a problem rooted in history there appears top be only one solution: for the Spanish and Moroccans to use reason and good sense." (05/11/2007)

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Ulrica Schenström, parliamentary secretary and aide to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, has been forced to resign because she met a journalist at a restaurant over wine and beer while on emergency standby duty for the government. The Finnish newspaper describes the affair as a "storm in a wineglass" and compares the political styles of the two countries. It points out that "Swedes were more horrified by the fact that the politician was out with a political reporter than by her alcohol consumption. The story illustrates the glaring differences between Sweden and Finland's political cultures. In Sweden, such relationships between politicians and representatives of the press are regarded with suspicion. Here in Finland they're commonplace." (05/11/2007)

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Art and music critic Sholto Byrnes reflects on 'Eye Music: Kandinsky, Klee and All That Jazz', an exhibition in Norwich that explores the relationship between music and painting in the 20th century. "It is tempting to see a connection between the breakdown of old styles in music and the visual arts from the mid-to-late 19th century onwards. Were the impressionistic works of Monet and Debussy both expressions of the same spirit ? Were Matisse's 'jazz' cut-out pictures of the mid-20th century linked to the postwar bebop revolution ? The answer is: only sometimes. However much Debussy may have disliked the term 'impressionist', the parallels between his compositional palette and the one used by the artistic school of the same name are obvious. In the case of Matisse, however, it would be quite wrong to suppose that his 'jazz' series had anything to do with the explorations of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk." (01/11/2007)

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"Only a few Greeks know about the worst massacre on European territory since World War II", notes the journalist Paschos Mandravelis referring to the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica. "'A cry from the grave', a documentary shot by Leslie Woodhead was screened in Belgrade, but it never made it to a Greek theater. Our Orthodox Serb brothers, as it were, and the Greek volunteers who took part in the slaughter are still a taboo subject in this country. The endless mass graves that continue to be unearthed in this ill-fated town are to Greeks a tragic detail of a civil war (as we became accustomed to calling it) rather than the result of years-long systematic ethnic cleansing by Serb troops ... . This is not a Serbian stigma, but one that marks the entire western world – all of us who allowed criminals like Milosevic, Mladic and Karadzic to send thousands of civilians to their deaths." (03/11/2007)

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Every November 5th, Guy Fawkes night is celebrated in England with bonfires and fireworks to commemorate the dissident's failed attempt to blow up parliament on November 5th, 1605. Television presenter Terry Nutkins adopts an unusual point of view of this much enjoyed event. "The unlit bonfire is an oasis for many animals in the winter but when all those firework night bonfires are lit on November 5, they are suddenly burned to death. ... It is incredibly tempting to begin piling wood up early but if it can be stored somewhere and moved into place on the day this could save many animal's lives. ... Fireworks are another problem altogether although they mostly affect dogs, cats and livestock such as cattle and sheep. Keeping pets indoors is essential and if you leave the television on, or play some music, that can help muffle the cracks and bangs. ... If it was up to me I would ban fireworks and big bonfires." (05/11/2007)

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