French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
ASSOCIATED PRESS French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) speaks with Romanian President Traian Basescu during a roundtable meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. A summit of government leaders seeking to mold a united European Union front on the global stage opened in disarray over France's expulsion of Gypsies and comparisons with World War II deportations.
An elderly Romanian Roma man smokes after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
European Commissioner Vice President and Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Reding threatened France with legal action over the mass expulsions of Roma. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body has declared, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Roma also known as Gypsies, arrive at Marseille airport, southern France, before being expelled from France, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In recent weeks, French authorities have dismantled over 100 illegal camps and deported more than 1,000 Roma, mainly back to Romania, in a crackdown that has drawn international condemnation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Romanian Roma man carries a large bag, after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Romanian Roma woman sits by luggage, after she and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
