No intent to expel Roma, says Merkel

GERMAN ChancellorAngela Merkel has been forced to deny she intends expelling Roma after she has been dragged into the row over France deporting Roma.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy assured journalists after the rowdy Brussels summit on Thursday that he had the Chancellor’s full support and that she intended taking similar action.

But so far Berlin has issued no less than threedenials, including from Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who described Sarkozy’s claim as a “misunderstanding”.