France’s demolitions of Roma camps have been widely criticised in the EU The European Commission is to launch legal proceedings against France over its expulsion of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma (Gypsy) migrants.
Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said France had failed to respect European rules on freedom of movement.
The controversial expulsions of thousands of Roma led to a serious row between Brussels and Paris.
Recently Ms Reding compared France’s action to events during World War II.
The accusation drew a sharp rebuke from French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
“France is not enforcing European law as it should on free movement, so we are launching an infringement process against France,” Ms Reding told France 24 television.
Ms Reding says France has failed to transpose into law a 2004 EU directive on freedom of movement, which sets out procedures for deporting illegal migrants.
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