France and the Roma in the Past to the Present

commentators and social activists are on the Frenchexpulsion of these groups organized to death camps.
Government to expel thousands of Roma (alsoHowever, the history of French democracy coexist
known as Roma) expressed anger and confusion,with authoritarian consecutive observation ignores the
many people will be the Vichy regime and thefact that democratic countries would like dictatorship,
expulsion of the Jews during World War II, forlike the implementation of xenophobic and racist
comparison, but it is difficult identify what is morepolicies.
outrageous moves, is Sarkozy's anti-Gypsy policy orFrom Plato to Tocqueville had warned that the
criticism of the anti-Semitic measures mentioned.dangers of majority rule, especially in the majority
In the modern history of France, the wartime Vichylanguage in minority under the spell of emotional
regime did not have a monopoly on the xenophobicexcitement and action to become out of control.
policy type control. Throughout the century-oldContemporary French and Romanian Roma is a good
history of the 20th century, the history of theexample, although the existing policy does not like
French Republic has laid a government ofthe time when France and Ceausescu's Romania as
discrimination against Roma administrative and legalharsh, but the Roma are still considered marginal
basis.groups.
In 1912, the Government of the Republic of FranceIn today's Romania, the Roma's poverty rate is the
to the adoption of a law specifically for theaverage of three times the low life expectancy, high
homeless, the government also created a specialilliteracy rates, in some areas, Roma unemployment
identity card for Roma's system, the legal title in therate even reached 100%. Romania joined the EU, the
Roma Pi "nomads" replaced.government had plans to develop better policies for
Government identification card system to track in aGypsies into mainstream society.
battle of the whereabouts of the Roma in theBut the wave of anti-Gypsy has forced the
country, they rarely stay in the government campseffectiveness of these initiatives have become very
set up residence. This situation occurred in the 20thlimited.
century, a change of 30 years, from the Eastern andRomanians can now borrow the French expulsion of
Southern Europe with a large number of religious andthe Roma Gypsies initiatives that any expected
political refugees into the French governmentmove into the European community, but a utopian
established a new identity system, as the historianfantasy.
Pierre pointed out, However, this system is limited toFor France, the European Green Party leader Daniel
the more stringent the composition of the FrenchCohen - Bennett said: "Nicolas Sarkozy has taken
national profile, and better positioning those who doFrench stupid anti-Roma action." The latest polls show
not belong to ethnic groups in France.French society because of this initiative is the verge
With the emerging role of this ruthless regime inof splitting, Bennett's comments seemed to say that
France, formed a few "special gathering center"half of French people are stupid.
colony of these refugee camps like those justWe have to look at 1912,1938 and 1940 by the three
arrived in France to become local Roma steppinganti-Roma law to see when the French faced a
stones. At the same time, the French parliamentstrong anti-foreign sentiment and the threat of war,
adopted a law allowing officials the right to deprivein addition, the declining birth rate in France for the
those who recently obtained French nationality ofGovernment in maintaining a France dominated by the
natural citizenship. Then, before the German invasioneconomic, cultural and political power worried.
of France, the French government ordered localAlthough the French Republic and not facing the
officials to "nomadic" driven to the designated areas.threat of war, economic stagnation, lower public
In justify its actions, the French government saidexpectations on the future, while the government
those who are not home, no land and thealso must deal with the promotion of national identity
professional skills of the homeless have been on theand the struggle between protecting national security.
French threat to national security, must beThis is a mockery of Sarkozy and Roma wish: a long
"eradicated."time because of "democratic deficit" and criticized the
Republic will not be endless implementation of theEuropean Union, may become stateless European
Gypsies or Jews racist policies, not to mention thecontinent last defenders of the homeless.