“I would like to congratulate the President of the French Republic, François Hollande, for the historical acknowledgement of the internment of French Gypsies (tsiganes), which he gave during the speech he made on 29 October 2016 in Montreuil-Bellay. He deserves credit for initiating, at the highest State level, the process for the reparation of this forgotten part of French history, and for officially acknowledging, 70 years after the liberation of the last internment camps for nomads, the Republic's responsibility in the tragic fate of these French citizens,” stated Valeriu Nicolae, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for Roma Issues.

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