anti-Roma bigotry in France

"France is not alone in anti-Roma sentiment, with similar tensions in Italy and across Central Europe, says Dezideriu Gergely, executive director of the European Roma Rights Center in Hungary, which recently published a report on the Roma in France. But "this rhetoric conflicts with European values, non-discrimination values. … Such statements contradict recent commitments [by the European Union] toward Roma inclusion," says Mr. Gergely, who calls the argument that a group cannot be integrated "simplistic." "