Sarkozy Faces Renewed Pressure Over Gypsy Expulsions by By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS, Wall Street Journal....
>>>Sarkozy Faces Renewed Pressure Over Gypsy Expulsions by By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS, Wall Street Journal.
PARIS—France's President Nicolas Sarkozy faced new pressure on Thursday, including fresh criticism of his recent law-and-order drive and a police search of his ruling party's headquarters.
In Strasbourg, the official seat of the European Parliament, lawmakers urged France to suspend immediately the expulsion of Gypsy migrants, saying the policy was tantamount to racial and ethnic discrimination and breached European Union laws. A resolution expressed "deep concern at the measures taken by the French authorities and by other Member States' authorities targeting Roma," as the Gypsies are also known.............
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