Monthly Archives: August 2010

More on the EU and the Roma

In response to reader Scott, who raises some good points on my last post: Romania is near to being the most impoverished country in Europe, and if there are no jobs in Romania workers will go where the jobs are. … Continue reading

Posted in eu, france, gypsies, immigration, italy, lega nord, maroni, roma, romania, sarkozy | 6 Comments

Expelled: l’intelligence, n’est pas permis

When I first came to live in Italy in late 2007, a debate about immigration that had been simmering for years finally began to boil over. As the Prodi government staggered and fell, a coalition government, led by Berlusconi’s newly-branded … Continue reading

Posted in gypsies, immigration, italy, maroni, roma | 3 Comments