Sarkozy ‘Determined’ to Put New Immigration Rules Into Effect
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he is “determined” to enforce new security rules making it easier to deport illegal immigrants and strip violent criminals with foreign origins of their French citizenship.
Sarkozy, who started a security blitz with a July 30 speech in the Alpine city of Grenoble, “reasserted his determination to have all his decisions adopted” by the Parliament in the coming weeks, according to an e-mailed statement today by his office in Paris. The French president came under criticism last month for deporting Roma people from Romania and Bulgaria -- both members of the European Union.