Brussels 16.10.2024 The EU Council approved a declaration on fostering Jewish life and combating antisemitism on October 15. The declaration highlights alarmingly high levels of antisemitism across the EU and emphasises that the EU stands unequivocally against all forms of antisemitism, racism, hatred, and discrimination. The Council calls in the strongest possible terms for further…
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Socialist MEP Kyenge on trial for dabbing Lega ‘racist’
Member of European Parliament (MEP) Cecile Kyenge from Socialist group and Italy‘s first black minister, went on trial this month for calling the anti-migrant League party “racist“. Kyenge trail is launched by League leader Matteo Salvini after Socialist politician said the League was a “racist” party, during a public event in Parma. The League, while pursuing a crackdown on flows…
Tillerson condemns bigotry
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a forceful condemnation of “bigotry in all its forms” and called for national reconciliation as he promised to work toward making the government more racially diverse. Tillerson remarks to State Department interns and fellows, dozens of whom were recruited through programs targeting minority candidates, followed the backlash from…
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