Category Archives: France

Saintes Marie de la Mer – Day one

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A French TV reportage on the pilgrimage is Southern France.

– SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER : DÉBUT DU PÈLERINAGE DES GITANS EN CHANSON. In: LCI. 24.05.2017. http://www.lci.fr/lifestyle/saintes-maries-de-la-mer-debut-du-pelerinage-des-gitans-en-chanson-2053081.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lci.fr/lifestyle/saintes-maries-de-la-mer-debut-du-pelerinage-des-gitans-en-chanson-2053081.html”]

Saintes Marie de la Mer

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The yearly pilgrimage of Saintes Marie de la Mer is starting today and will last two days.

– Gypsy’s Pilgrimage in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. In: Avignon-Provence. http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/en/traditions/gypsys-pilgrimage-saintes-maries-de-mer [link-preview url=”http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/en/traditions/gypsys-pilgrimage-saintes-maries-de-mer”]

France: Angelo Garand – an Appeal

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Angelo Garand, a French Manouche from the Orléans region in Francewas killed by the police in April. The police was looking for him as he had failed to return to prison after a leave (he was condemned for two years following burglaries).
The police commando who killed him claimed he threw himself on them.
The family wants now to get full transparency on what really happened and on why he was killed. They need support – help them too!

– https://www.leetchi.com/c/solidarite-de-aurelie-garand
– See also: https://www.facebook.com/Justice-Pour-Angelo-1307118499372039/?fref=ts
– For background material: For example Libération 27.05.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2017/04/27/emoi-apres-la-mort-d-un-detenu-en-cavale_1565873 [link-preview url=”https://www.leetchi.com/c/solidarite-de-aurelie-garand “]

France: Holocaust Commemoration

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On the day of the Rroma resistance, commemorating the uprising of Rroma in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rroma celebrated in St. Denis, next to Paris.

– Saint-Denis : les Tziganes se souviennent de leurs combats d’hier… et d’aujourd’hui. In: Le Parisien. 14.05.2017. http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php [link-preview url=”http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php”]

France: Festival in Lyon

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The Gypsy Lyon Festival will open its doors on the 18th of May in Lyon, France.

– Croix-Rousse : le Gypsy Lyon Festival revient pour une 8e edition. In: Lyon Capitale. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition [link-preview url=”http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition”]

France, the Elections, and Manouches

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A 91 years old Manouche, Raymond Gureme, who himself is a Holocaust survivor, warns against Le Pen. Let’s hope for tomorrow. And it is good that such views are put forward!

– Roma Raymond Gureme warns of civil war if Le Pen wins. In: Al Jazeera. 06.05.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html”]

France – A Debate and an Example

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An evening centred on Rroma was organised in Montreuil, a northern suburb of Paris with quite a few Rroma. There was a debate on integration, and Anina Ciuciu, a young Rromni and a law student in Paris, provided the best example possible: Give them a chance, and it will happen!

– Montreuil : le courageux témoignage d’Anina Ciuciu, Rom et élève avocate. In: Le Parisien. 23.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-le-courageux-temoignage-d-anina-ciuciu-rom-et-eleve-avocate-23-04-2017-6879675.php
– Montreuil : débat et soirée festive grâce à Rom Réussite. In: Le Parisien. 21.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-debat-et-soiree-festive-grace-a-rom-reussite-21-04-2017-6874812.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-le-courageux-temoignage-d-anina-ciuciu-rom-et-eleve-avocate-23-04-2017-6879675.php “]

France, the Election, and the Rroma

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It seems that many municipalities and officials in France are using the distraction of the upcoming presidential election to evict Rroma disregarding any procedures and laws…
Bad, but unfortunately not surprising.

– “Im Wahlkampf ungehemmt gegen Roma hetzen”. In: ZDF. 18.04.2017. http://www.heute.de/frankreich-im-wahlkampf-gegen-roma-hetzen-46972724.html [link-preview url=”http://www.heute.de/frankreich-im-wahlkampf-gegen-roma-hetzen-46972724.html”]

French Chronicle …

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While most news this last week were devoted to the reaction on the movie ‘A bras Ouverts”, there are nevertheless quite a few news on camps and evictions, unfortunately.
Camps closures in Grigny, in the Essonne, in Lagny sur Marne and in Champlan, near Paris; in Dijon, volunteers constructed house for Rroma (GOOD!); in Bordeaux, several squats will be destroyed this summer; for in Marseilles, association protested the upcoming destruction of a camp; and in Antibes, in the South, a camp was closed with the help of the police.

– Grigny : les derniers habitants du bidonville de l’A6 ont plié baggage. In: Le Parisien. 04.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/grigny-les-derniers-habitants-du-bidonville-de-l-a6-ont-plie-bagage-04-04-2017-6824157.php
– Les démantèlements de camps de Roms reprennent. In: Essonne Info. 04.04.2017. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/105977/demantelements-de-camps-de-roms-reprennent/
– Lagny-sur-Marne: Une dizaine de Roms dormira une nuit dans un gymnase. In: La Marne. 04.04.2017. http://www.journallamarne.fr/2017/04/04/une-dizaine-de-roms-dormira-une-nuit-dans-un-gymnase/
– Huit familles de Roms expulsées à Champlan. In: Essone Info. 06.04.2017. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/106124/huit-familles-de-roms-expulsees-a-champlan/
– Dijon : les habitants construisent des maisonnettes aux Roms. In: France Bleu. 08.04.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/dijon-les-habitants-construisent-des-maisonnettes-aux-roms-1491399276
– Squats de Roms dans la métropole de Bordeaux : l’urgence d’une vraie solution. In: Sud Ouest. 10.04.2017. http://www.sudouest.fr/2017/04/10/roms-l-urgence-d-une-vraie-solution-3353268-2780.php
– Marseille: Les associations pour la défense des roms poussent un coup de gueule. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 10.04.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/marseille/2047351-20170410-marseille-associations-defense-roms-poussent-coup-gueule
– Les associations de défense des Roms à bout de nerfs. In: Marsactu. 11.04.2017. https://marsactu.fr/les-associations-de-defense-des-roms/
– Antibes: Près de 100 Roms évacués d’un squat avec l’intervention des CRS. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 05.04.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/nice/2044487-20170405-antibes-pres-cent-roms-evacues-squat-intervention-crs
– Les Roms qui squattaient le parking Bouygues à Antibes ont été délogés. In: Nice Matin. 06.04.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-qui-squattaient-le-parking-bouygues-a-antibes-ont-ete-deloges-127452 [link-preview url=”https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/105977/demantelements-de-camps-de-roms-reprennent/ “]

France: The Movie “With Open Arms”

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The moive “A bras ouverts” – with open arms – is rightly seen in France as being racist. Many articles on this topic, and on the stereotypes.
So while it is bad that such a movie was made, it is definitively good that it prompts quite a bit of discussion, and good discussion.

– “A bras ouverts”, la comédie qui présente les Roms “comme des sauvages”. In: L’OBS. 06.04.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170406.OBS7651/a-bras-ouverts-la-comedie-qui-presente-les-roms-comme-des-sauvages.html
– “A bras ouverts” vu par une Rom : “On n’est pas des sauvages, on est juste des étrangers”. In: L’OBS. 06.04.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170406.OBS7679/a-bras-ouverts-on-n-est-pas-des-sauvages-on-est-juste-des-etrangers.html
– En colère, des associations de défense des Roms dénoncent le film “A bras ouverts” et évoquent une “humiliation”. In: Jeanmarcmorandini.com. 06.04.2017. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-366807-en-colere-des-associations-de-defense-des-roms-denoncent-le-film-a-bras-ouverts-et-evoquent-une-humiliation.html
– «A bras ouverts», la comédie sur les Roms qui donne la nausée. In: RFI. 06.04.2017. http://www.rfi.fr/culture/20170406-bras-ouverts-bande-annonce-comedie-roms-donne-nausee-Philippe-chauveron
– «A bras ouverts» : la comédie sur les Roms ne fait pas rire Marnes-la-Coquette. In: Le Parisien. 06.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/marnes-la-coquette-92430/marnes-la-coquette-n-accueille-pas-le-film-a-bras-ouverts-06-04-2017-6831870.php
– “RACISTE” ET “DANGEREUX” : LES CRITIQUES ÉTRILLENT “A BRAS OUVERTS”, LA COMÉDIE SUR LES ROMS DE CHRISTIAN CLAVIER. In: LCI. 07.04.2017. http://www.lci.fr/cinema/raciste-et-dangereux-les-rares-critiques-qui-ont-vu-a-bras-ouverts-etrillent-la-comedie-de-christian-clavier-sur-les-roms-2043815.html
– A bras ouverts, un film raciste? “Les Roms c’est facile, il ne va pas y avoir de réactions trop violentes”. In: BFM TV. 06.04.2017. http://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/a-bras-ouverts-un-film-raciste-les-roms-c-est-facile-il-ne-va-pas-y-avoir-de-reactions-trop-violentes-1137025.html [link-preview url=”http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170406.OBS7651/a-bras-ouverts-la-comedie-qui-presente-les-roms-comme-des-sauvages.html “]

France, Front National and Gold Teeth

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The mayor of the small town of Fontaine, near Grenoble, has decided to ask justice to intervene following the comments of one of the members of the council, the Front National member Franck Sinisi who had proposed to remove gold teeth from Rroma to pay for their lodgings.
This time it seems that the extreme right party is acting fast to limit collateral damage, probably due to the upcoming presidential elections.

– “Récupérer les dents en or” des Roms: le maire de Fontaine, en Isère, veut saisir la justice. In: FR3 Auvergne Rohne Alpes. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/recuperer-dents-roms-maire-fontaine-isere-veut-saisir-justice-1223999.html
– Thibaut Monnier, patron du FN en Isère : “Quand il y a une brebis galeuse, on s’en occupe tout de suite”. In: France Bleu. 30.03.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/thibaut-monnier-secretaire-du-fn-en-isere-quand-il-y-une-brebis-galeuse-s-en-occupe-tout-de-suite-1490855095 [link-preview url=”https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/thibaut-monnier-secretaire-du-fn-en-isere-quand-il-y-une-brebis-galeuse-s-en-occupe-tout-de-suite-1490855095″]

France: (im)possible Integration?

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An article pondering whether the integration of Rroma in France is truly impossible (it is clearly not) and bemoaning the lack of debate on this issue during the current presidential election campaign.

– Intégration des Rroms en France, mission (im)possible ? In: Respect Mag. 27.03.2017. http://www.respectmag.com/26935-integration-rroms-france-impossible [link-preview url=”http://www.respectmag.com/26935-integration-rroms-france-impossible”]

French Chronicle …

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Apart from the controversy following an interview of the actors of Clavier’s film, not htat many news in France on the Rroma.
First, an article on the impact of the expulsions on school attendance by Rroma children. Clearly, these expulsions do nothing for integration. Then, near Paris, protests by Rroma in Ivry, following their expulsion and the lack of alternative lodgings; the story of the “insertion village” in St. Genis les Ollières near Lyon; some questions on travellers’ sites in the North of France; near Nantes, 120 expulsed Rroma moved to another site; a protest in Fontaine, near Grenoble (where one FN politician suggested one should take the Rroma’s golden teeth); Rroma asking for a reprive in Nice until Easter; and finally, an association defending Rroma in Toulouse.

– La reprise des expulsions menace la scolarisation des enfants roms. In: FR3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html
– Roms d’Ivry : les oubliés du bidonville Truillot attendent toujours un lodgement. In: Le Parisien. 29.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/creteil-94000/roms-d-ivry-les-oublies-du-bidonville-truillot-attendent-toujours-un-logement-29-03-2017-6807570.php
– St-Genis-les-Ollières : la vie du village d’insertion. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/st-genis-ollieres-vie-du-village-insertion-1224473.html
– Comment sont gérées les aires d’accueil pour les gens du voyage ? In: Nord Éclair. 31.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/48649/article/2017-03-31/comment-sont-gerees-les-aires-d-accueil-pour-les-gens-du-voyage
– Nantes Le campement Rom d’Indre a rejoint Bouguenais. In: Presse Océan. 29.03.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-le-campement-roms-dindre-a-rejoint-bouguenais-29-03-2017-223896
– Près de Nantes, 120 Roms expulsés d’Indre s’installent à Bouguenais. In: Ouest France. 28.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/pres-de-nantes-120-roms-expulses-d-indre-s-installent-bouguenais-4888105
– CONSEIL MUNICIPAL TENDU À FONTAINE SUITE AUX PROPOS ANTI-ROMS TENUS PAR UN ÉLU FN. Place Gre’Net. 28.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/28/conseil-municipal-tendu-a-fontaine-suite-aux-propos-anti-roms-tenus-elu-fn/129867
– Les Roms demandent un sursis jusqu’à Pâques. In: Nice Matin. 01.04.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-demandent-un-sursis-jusqu-a-paques-126318
– François Piquemal (DAL) : «Toulouse doit rester à ses habitants » In: La Dépèche. 02.04.2017. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/03/31/2547605-francois-piquemal-dal-toulouse-doit-rester-a-ses-habitants.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html “]

France: Less Racism, but not Against Rroma

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Jews, Blacks [sic.], and Asians are the best accepted minorities in France. Rroma and Travellers are the most rejected minority in France, far beyond Moslems. Marseilles is just an example …

– Le racisme anti-Roms sévit à Marseille. In: France Inter. 30.03.2017. https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/le-zoom-de-la-redaction/le-zoom-de-la-redaction-30-mars-2017 [link-preview url=”https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/le-zoom-de-la-redaction/le-zoom-de-la-redaction-30-mars-2017″]

A Joke Too Far

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Controversy in France … During an interview round on the new Clavier Film “A Bras Ouverts” [with open arms] about a French bourgeois lodging a Rroma family, Patrick Cohen found it suitable to say: « Ils envahissent aussi les salles de cinéma ? Pardon… ». [now they are also invading movie theatres]
No comments, apart from the fact that the movie is so full of clichés that it is a shame. No one would have dared to do it on another minority.

– C à vous : Patrick Cohen fait une blague très douteuse sur les Roms (VIDEO). In: Télé 2 Semaines. 30.03.20-17. http://www.programme.tv/news/actu/177288-c-a-vous-patrick-cohen-fait-une-blague-tres-douteuse-sur-les-roms-video/
– “C à Vous” : Patrick Cohen provoque un grand malaise avec une blague sur les Roms (Vidéo). In: Closer. 30.03.2017. http://www.closermag.fr/video/c-a-vous-patrick-cohen-provoque-un-grand-malaise-avec-une-blague-sur-les-roms-video-711935
– “C à vous” : Patrick Cohen provoque un malaise avec une blague sur les Roms. In: Paris Match. 30.03.2017. http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Medias/C-a-vous-Patrick-Cohen-provoque-un-malaise-avec-une-blague-sur-les-Roms-1222640
– C à vous : La blague gênante de Patrick Cohen sur les Roms, malaise en plateau (vidéo). In: Yahoo. 30.03.2017. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/c-à-vous-la-blague-194359984.html
– #CAVous : Malaise après une blague de Patrick Cohen sur les Roms. In: Potins. 30.03.2017. http://www.potins.net/television/cavous-malaise-apres-blague-de-patrick-cohen-roms-208153.html [link-preview url=”https://fr.news.yahoo.com/c-à-vous-la-blague-194359984.html “]

A Comparison

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An interesting parallel between some of the Nazi’s methods and the ones used by the Alt Right nowadays…

– The American right is criminalizing immigrants. In: Global Comment. 31.03.2017. http://globalcomment.com/american-right-criminalizing-immigrants/ [link-preview url=”http://globalcomment.com/american-right-criminalizing-immigrants/”]

Rome and Camps

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There are great expectations on the conclusion of the people’s initiative regarding the closure of Roma camps. The document, signed by thousands of Roman citizens, was presented in July two years ago to end up in drawers first under Ignazio Marino and then under the Special Commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca postponing the delicate issue of Roma camps. Today is finally revived thanks to repeated requests by the organizing.
Let’s see …

– Roma: la questione dei campi rom arriva alle battute finali? In: L’Ultima Ribattuta. 29.03.2017. http://www.lultimaribattuta.it/63382_campi-rom-delibera-campidoglio-chiusura [link-preview url=”http://www.lultimaribattuta.it/63382_campi-rom-delibera-campidoglio-chiusura”]

Marseilles: Ceja Stojka

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Another article on the current exhibition of Ceja Stojka’s paintings in Marseilles, France.

– Ceija Stojka, la victoire de la couleur. In: La Croix. 27.03.2017. http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/Ceija-Stojka-victoire-couleur-2017-03-27-1200835005 [link-preview url=”http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/Ceija-Stojka-victoire-couleur-2017-03-27-1200835005″]

Jean Marie Le Pen

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Well, he went up to the European Court of Human Rights to fight his fine for racism against Rroma. Well, he was kicked out…
About time!

– Propos sur les Roms. Jean-Marie Le Pen débouté de sa requête. In: Ouest France. 23.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592″]

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