Reding did not mean the Holocaust, but the 'Great Devouring,' Andor says

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...