A picture taken on August 28, 2007 in Venissieux, eastern France shows people belonging to the Roma community being evacuated by gendarmes. ©BELGA/AFP/JEFF PACHOUD Expressing "deep concern" at recent measures taken by the French authorities and other EU Member States, Parliament argued on Thursday that mass expulsions of Roma people violate EU law as they amount to discrimination on the basis of race.
Ulrike Lunačeka (Zaļie, Austrija) uzstāja, ka viņas grupai pakāpeniska atzīšana nav pieņemama. „Visās ES valstīs iedzīvotāji ir progresīvāki nekā viņu valdības,” viņa piebilda.