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FRENCH PRIME minister François Fillon has admitted there is “unease” within the ruling centre-right bloc over the government’s security measures after a senior minister said he had considered resigning over the crackdown on Roma camps.

Although he defended government policy, Mr Fillon used his first public remarks on the Roma controversy to acknowledge that there were “differences” and some “unease” among members of the ruling bloc. “Nobody would believe it if I said there were not debates among us on this or that subject,” he said. “It wouldn’t be credible.”