Jose Manuel Barroso: Viviane Reding

Nicolas Sarkozy Dept: Sarkozy and commission president Jose Manuel Barroso had a lengthy and heated exchange of words during a discussion over lunch with EU leaders about France's removal of 8,000 Roma migrants from illegal camps, diplomats said, according to Montreal Gazette. He said he was particularly irate that EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding had evoked memories of the Second World War when accusing France this week of breaking EU law over the expulsions, and said her insinuation was unacceptable and french President Nicolas Sarkozy clashed angrily with the head of the European Commission yesterday over Paris's expulsion of Roma migrants, overshadowing other issues at an EU summit. Sarkozy later hit back at criticism of his government by the executive commission, telling a news conference that commission officials had been vicious in their handling of the matter, and said he would not stand for it. As reported in the news.
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