As India and the EU negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, it will be critical for India to resist measures that favor the business interests of pharmaceutical companies over the lives of millions of people in developing countries who depend on India's supply of cheap generic medicines.
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National strategies for Roma integration in Europe cannot succeed without resolute and unequivocal action to combat racism and discrimination.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-Gypsyism, Bernard Rorke, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Decade of Roma Inclusion, education, EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, European Commission, European Council, European Court for Human Rights, Hungary, Ivan Gabal, Jiří Paroubek, Ladislav Bátora, Roma, Roma health, Vivien Reding
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For ten days this past August in Budapest, young Roma came together to learn about their culture, history, and achievements, and ultimately to build a sense of civic duty and social responsibility.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Americans, Agnes Osztolykán, Albania, Auschwitz, Barvalipe, Bulgaria, Council of Europe, Czech Republic, European Commission, European Parliament, Ian Hancock, identity, Kosovo, Macedonia, Marcel Courthiade, Petrică Dulgheru, pride, Roma, Roma rights, Romaphobia, Saimir Mile, Serbia, Slooaki, University of Texas
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The deep divisions between Ankara and Paris may undermine the European Union's hopes for the southern Mediterranean.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: EU, European Commission, Heather Grabbe, NATO, Sinan Ulgen, Turkey
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The European Union, at long last, is taking a significant step to improve the lives of Europe’s millions of Roma. Rather than proposing a grand plan for EU-level action, the European Commission’s recently released “EU framework for national Roma integration strategies up to 2020” calls on...
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: EU, European Commission, Heather Grabbe, Kori Udovicki, Roma
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There are two possible futures for Europe: A region that fosters a sense of common belonging and mutual respect among all citizens, or one where Roma are humiliated as scapegoats and pariahs.
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Will anti-Roma hate-mongering drown out EU attempts to create equal access to quality early childhood education and care?
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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.
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Why are we Bulgarians so quick to defend attacks on our national identity yet silent on the treatment of the Roma, the country's largest ethnic minority?
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Boris Georgiev, Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria, European Commission, Roma, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Violeta Naydenova
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The lack of reliable data about Roma communities remains a major obstacle to reducing inequality and eliminating discrimination. Put bluntly, if there are no data there can be no progress.
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