Ignorance concerning the half million Roma who perished during the Holocaust reinforces anti-Roma prejudice today. To counter this, the European Parliament should inaugurate an official day of remembrance for the victims and survivors.
Posts Tagged “France”
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Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: Baro Porrajmos, Bernard Rorke, Elie Wiesel, European Commission, European Parliament, France, genocide, Germany, Great Devouring, Holocaust, Nazi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Roma, Romani Rose, Viviane Reding, World War II, Yehuda Bauer
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Muslims of France from Phares et Balises on Vimeo. A documentary charting a century of Muslim presence in France raises the question: Is Muslim identity compatible with a French one?
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: France, Helene Irving, Islamophobia, Muslims, video
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Widespread discrimination, high unemployment, segregated schools, hate crimes, and inadequate health care are all hallmarks of life for the Roma—not the kind of life you would expect in Europe today.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: Decade of Roma Inclusion, EU, EU structural funds, expulsions, France, George Soros, Roma
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European Union member-states risk getting into a race to the bottom if they rely on coercion to make life more uncomfortable for the Roma in their country than in others.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: antidiscrimination, deportation, European Union, France, Heather Grabbe, immigration, integration, Roma
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As if the French government hadn't done enough to damage its reputation with respect to its protection of religious and ethnic minorities in recent weeks, the French senate yesterday approved a ban on wearing Islamic face veils anywhere in public.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: discrimination, European Court of Human Rights, France, Helene Irving, integration, Muslims, veil ban, women
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The statement by Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, on the situation of Roma in Europe is to be welcomed for its unequivocal and forthright commitment to Roma inclusion.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality
Topics: Bernard Rorke, European Commission, European Union, evictions, France, Roma, Vivane Reding
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Roma in Italy, burqas in France, minarets in Switzerland: the idea of European citizenship recedes with each affront to equality and solidarity.