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The commission and France are to hold a Roma 'working seminar' in the coming days, according to PM Fillon (l) (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Barroso and Fillon to hold Roma 'workshop'

Even as France in defiance of international criticism on Thursday (27 August) continued its policy of rounding up and deporting Roma from the country, Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced a further attempt to Europeanise the issue.

He told a meeting of French ambassadors at the Hotel Matignon that he had spoken with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and plans to hold a "working meeting" on the Roma question in the coming days between the French ministers concerned an...

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The commission and France are to hold a Roma 'working seminar' in the coming days, according to PM Fillon (l) (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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