Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-09-Speech-4-141"
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"The debate held by Parliament on the Roma issue has turned into a highly left-right political debate. None of the motions for resolutions put to the vote answered the pressing question of how best to meet the needs of the Roma people. It is quite clear that the Roma community is socially and economically discriminated against in the vast majority of Member States, which have not necessarily made use of the integration methods that the Union has made available. If the Roma community has rights, which are clearly being ignored, it also goes without saying that it has duties, like all other European citizens.
The same applies to the Member States, which have a duty to provide these European citizens with somewhere to live and a chance to make a living. With regard to the events for which France has been criticised, and while we are still waiting for the Commission’s decision on the illegality of the operations carried out, I condemn any mass expulsion not based on respect for European law. However, I refuse to fall into the questionable amalgamations contained in the joint motion for a resolution, comparing the events of this summer with deportations. The reference to the Nazi period is totally unacceptable."@en1
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