Weighing into the bitter European Union debate over the Roma, the bloc's social affairs chief, Laszlo Andor, uniquely among his commission colleagues, has come to the defence of vice-president Viviane Reding's comparison of France's expulsions to the horrors that befell the continent during World War II.
Although most leaders defended the commission's right to investigate France for a breach of EU law, almost uniformly, they have said Ms Reding went too far when she said: "This is a sit...
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