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EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has called on the European Commission to take legal action against France over its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), calling Paris's actions a "disgrace".

Here the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Oana Lungescu talks to the commissioner about the controversial issue.

It is rare to hear an EU commissioner speak like that about a big member-state. What has made you so angry?

So are you effectively accusing France of discriminating against Roma as an ethnic group despite all the assurances you got from French ministers that they are dealing with this on a case-by-case basis?

Do you think the French government has been lying to you?

So they were trying to hide the truth?

You want the European Commission to take legal measures against France. What exactly could they amount to?

Do you want France to be fined?

France says it wants to dismantle all the illegal Roma camps by the end of September. It has already deported more than 1,000 people. Are you now calling on France to stop those discriminations?

France isn't the only country that has been expelling Roma. What is your message to others, like Italy, Germany, Sweden?