During the EP plenary debate on this topic, Weber underscored that "after World War II, mass expulsions and deportations were forbidden through international law, as humanity had already suffered enough because of this monstrous policy."

"The France of 2010, the cradle of human rights, is resorting to a trick: it takes advantage of the ignorance of the most vulnerable European population, the Gypsies, and pays 300 euros to an adult and 100 euros to a child, on condition they leave the country. Thus, the French government can say that it is voluntary repatriation, cynically considering this disgusting purchase of Gypsy conscience as humanitarian aid. The authorities say nothing about the fact that they first took the adults' and children's fingerprints, that many of them viciously consented to this and without understanding the consequences, as the United Nations Committee on racial discrimination found out," Weber said.AGERPRES