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Guy Verhofstadt on the remembrance of Auschwitz

“Today marks a poignant day in our history. It’s been 70 years since our civilization witnessed one of its darkest moments: the extermination of millions of innocent people, because of their ethnicity, their political convictions or sexua…

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Verhofstadt strongly condemns MEP Mario Borghezio’s racist remarks about Italian Minister of Integration

Verhofstadt strongly condemns MEP Mario Borghezio's racist remarks about Italian Minister of Integration
At the request of the ALDE group, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament (which comprises President Schulz and all political group Presidents) discussed the insulting remarks made by Italian MEP Mario Borghezio (Lega Nord) in a recent interview for Italian radio 24, regarding the new Italian Minister for Integration Cécile Kyenge, who is of Congolese origin.

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International Roma Day: break social exclusion via education and better implementation of EU laws

To commemorate the International Roma Day, ALDE group member Sir Graham Waston is today hosting in collaboration with the European Liberal Forum, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and with the assistance of the Open Society Foundations, a …

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EU must strengthen fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crimes

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on strengthening the fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crime.

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