Sugar Coating Discrimination

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2015389,00.html

They may be known for their unfriendliness, but this is taking it a bit too far.

The French are being very un-European at the moment. Even though they held the Presidency of the European Union (EU) in 2009, France is not playing nicely with the other EU members and following their laws.

The EU has the great policy that allows the free movement of people within its’ borders. It does not discriminate, but France does. Prez Sarkozy is a bit of a racist. To add to his regime’s banning of the Burka, Sarkozy is now spearheading a campaign to expel Roma’s. The Roma’s are a minority group of gypsy’s from Romania and France doesn’t seem to like them much.
The French are facing significant opposition from within the country, the EU and from International Organisations like the UN for sending some 8000 Roma back to Romania or Bulgaria in the first 8 months of this year. The government is paying the Roma to leave ‘voluntarily’ and expelling the ones who don’t.

It appears that France has double standards; it upholds EU law, allows the freedom of movement of people but only some people. Apparently, there is a clear distinction for Sarkozy between those who deserve the privilege of those laws and those who don’t.

The government has gone so far as to outright blame the Gypsy’s for the increased crime rate in France. Sarkozy is not a popular man right now and he is doing nothing to increase his popularity either. Perhaps he should learn how to sugar coat his discrimination a little better.