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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10212

11 September 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/council of europe
Thomas Hammarberg does some adjusting after polemic comment

Brussels, 10/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - The commissioner for human rights at the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, assured the French authorities on Thursday 9 September that he was not attacking Paris when he compared the rhetoric against the Roma to that of the Nazis. According to the spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, Bernard Valero, “Mr Hammarberg said his remarks were not aimed at the French government. We have noted this and point out that measures taken by the French...

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