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Germany Denies Sarkozy Claim on Gypsy Expulsions

NICE, France (Sept. 17) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, already facing scorn abroad and falling polls at home for his deportation of Roma people from France, is now feuding with Germany after claiming its chancellor told him she planned similar evacuations. A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel quickly...

EU Slams France Over Mass Gypsy Deportations

(Sept. 14) -- France is facing possible legal action from the European Union over its policy of tearing down makeshift Gypsy settlements and hastily deporting their residents to Eastern Europe. Since the beginning of the year, at least 8,000 Roma (as the Gypsy people are known) have been rounded up and sent to Romania...

As France Expels Gypsies, a Q&A on a Mysterious People

NICE, France (Aug. 19) -- France began expelling the first of 700 Roma people today as part of a controversial crackdown on illegal encampments around the country announced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on July 31. Two flights with 87 Roma, or Gypsies, aboard left airports in Paris and Lyon today bound for...

Sarkozy's Roma Crackdown Likened to WWII Roundups

NICE, France (Aug. 17) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accused of pandering to conservatives by ordering a crackdown on illegal Roma encampments, is now under attack from some in his own party concerned that the initiative is tarnishing France's international image. A poll conducted for the daily Le Figaro on Aug. 6...

The Basics of French President Sarkozy's 'Gypsy' Crackdown

(Aug. 6) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is cracking down on immigrants in his country, starting with the dismantling of the so-called "gypsy camps." On Friday, French police officers evicted 135 people of Roma descent from their squatter camp outside the city of Saint-Etienne. Sarkozy may be toughening his stance on...

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Romania ( ; dated: Roumania; or Rumania; ) is a country located at the intersection of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea.

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