After weeks of carefully staying in the background of the Roma expulsion question, the European Commission has been shoved to the forefront of the issue after French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called on President Jose Manuel Barroso to co-ordinate the subject at the EU level.
While warning member states to ensure that any expulsions are done on a "case-by-case basis" and in line with European law, the commission has in the past few weeks consistently argued that it has no responsibi...
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