Sarko le Moko: interview with philosopher Todorov Cvetan Cvetan Todorov, a philosopher Bulgarian writer and now in France, dealt with many times of the Roma population and the theme of the meeting more or less difficult with the 'other'. And 'so the right person to express an opinion on the action of Nicolas Sarkozy against Roma and the contrast it created between the European Union and France, as a result of policies undertaken by the government of President Alps.
France, champion of human rights, home of the value of equality, freedom, brotherhood, is found to expel the Roma and to think to revoke citizenship for those who commit crimes. A mutation unthinkable? Like the French people think?
I would say that I do not think that France is the land of the free nor the human rights, is only a slogan formulated in this place and nothing more.
There are many stories, both here and elsewhere that illustrate the beautiful words written after the French Revolution can not be applied. France is no exception, and that is happening now is actually a reaction base, which is expressed as such to many observers more as a need of the government majority to regain popularity, which stems from an action that some principle Democrat or Republican. Of course there are those who disagree.
believe that the EU was right to oppose Sarkozy?
Each state manages its internal policies, and in Europe there are inevitable changes, but I think that there are general principles which the EU is right to remind everyone, that the reference to a common rule has something to place, time, and is the basis for all the moral and legal entities, which are common to all, and in Therein lies their strength.
Why the Roma are always in the eye?
The reason is visible is that the Roma population in Europe, are a minority and modes of behavior that are different. They have behaviors that do not match those of the majority, in a way the world treats them a bit 'inquetanti why do not correspond to the standard. In fact, you should not react in this way, but we understand why you do it. The Roma are not against law, but their customs are different from ours. And the people are restless to see that the shared patterns of behavior are not universal.
Sarkozy has arrived in the Elysium thinking of giving style to Europe. Imagined to be able to "govern." Things did not go well, and these days finds itself in the crosshairs of the continent. What do you think?
The president, shortly before the delegate election, has taken measures to rinzformzare the union of European countries, in what concerns the vote of the Treaty of Lisbon, for example. But in France there is always some ambiguity with regard to Europe. The leaders, French politicians are Europeans qundo Europe accepts the positions transalpine. They have to think about pain France is a country among others, that France would give the time, dominated. Instead
France resumes ...
Today I see that President Sarkozy has accused a European Commissary has criticized, saying that he did it because she is Luxembourg, as if the problem was the geographic origin of humans. In fact he refuses to express an interest for the general iinteresse. The EU should instead worry about this. Within countries are suffering too much special interests. We should not in principle against something if not for the good of all.
beginning of this new millennium seems to be characterized by a lack of morality, or rather the moral no longer seems to be a meter to follow. No new ethic, no new image of the horizon seems to rise. And the political conditions that may 'have?
I do not think that the policy should be subject to morality. I think the moral is to think of the people and politics for the common good. A good politician is one who makes everyone's interests, and not a party - a party or a country. It seems to me that it is not the morality that you hunt the Roma, this is just bad policy, because such a decision threatens to undermine European cohesion. It is not good that there are such differences and look for a scapegoat, no matter what. We know from recent history that the accusations against us are collective and they only destroy ourselves. Not is because one thing is more or less moral, to be or not be done, but because it is good politics for the good of all concerned. However, there is a problem: the EU opens up and sucks for circulation but this is impossible. The solidarity is national and not the Union: are things domestic. We must reflect on this. Compared to the Roma: take charge of the problem of a nomadic people to handle is one thing, accusing all of being at the base of another crime. Valerio Venturi
