France's President Nicolas Sarkozy will next week launch moves to strip some foreign-born criminals of French nationality, a minister said, with plans reportedly targeting polygamists.Immigration minister Eric Besson said Sarkozy would convene ministers next week to discuss amendments to plans he has announced to cancel citizenship for some crimes as part of his controversial law and order drive.
His "war on crime" also includes tearing down illegal Gypsy camps and deporting the Roma minority back to Bulgaria and Romania, sparking criticism from the United Nations, European Union and others.
Critics and political opponents have accused Sarkozy of stigmatising minorities, promoting racial and social divisions and playing to the far-right in the hope of boosting his plunging popularity rating.