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Friends again: Barroso (l) and Sarkozy have buried the Roma hatchet (Photo: consilium.eu)

EU Commission backs down in Roma row with France

The EU commission on Wednesday (29 September) decided to go for the less controversial legal action against France for not having properly transposed EU law into national legislation, but refrained from suing Paris for discriminating against an ethnic group and simply asked for "more information".

Deliberations on how to proceed against France lasted two and a half hours longer than expected, after a joint presentation by justice commissioner Viviane Reding and her colleagues in charge ...

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Friends again: Barroso (l) and Sarkozy have buried the Roma hatchet (Photo: consilium.eu)

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