To register and apply for workshops and preparatory policy meetings see the links below. In light of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 of March), the European Network Against Racism and Members of the European Parliament,…
Romani Week 2022 will be organized from 16th to 19th of May. It aims to build on the work done during previous Romani Weeks and debate the EU policies for Romani Inclusion. It will call upon the European Commission and…
On International Roma day we want to celebrate Roma culture, history, and language and pay tribute to Roma people’s contribution to the rich fabric of European societies! But today is also the day to raise awareness about a serious concern…
The European Parliament DG PERS Equality, Inclusion and Diversity Unit hosted an online discussion “Tackling racism in the workplace: combatting the barriers to diversity” to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and following the Bureau’s adoption of…
On March 21 2022, the European Anti-racism Summit took place for the second time. The summit was organised by the European Commission in Cooperation with ECRI – the European Commission against racism and intolerance of the Council of Europe and…
Romani Week 2021 will be organized from 27th to 30th September. It aims to build on the work done during previous Romani Weeks and debate the post 2020 EU policies for Romani Inclusion. It will call upon the…
Filling the gaps in Equality Legislation in the EU Member States September 7, 2021 10:00 am – 13:00 pm (CET) Program 10:00-10:15 Introductory remarks: Mónica Silvana, MEP, Co-President of Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI), S&D Anne Gaspard, Executive Director,…
Every year on 08 April, we are celebrating International Romani Day. But this year’s celebration mark also the 50th anniversary of the First Romani Congress, which was organized in 1971, in Orpington, near London. The 08 April is a day…
Ahead of the EU Anti-Racism Summit EUROPEAN STATE OF HATE: Far-right extremism in Europe Ahead of the EU Anti-Racism Summit, join the EU Affairs team of B’nai B’rith International and the Hope Not Hate Charitable Trust to explore a…
“On 18 September 2020, the European Commission adopted an ambitious EU anti-racism Action Plan that sets out a series of measures for the next 5 years. The fight against racism needs strong joint commitment at EU and national level”,…
ARDI sent a letter to the Government of the Republic of Serbia following a tragic death of a new-born. ARDI Members are saddened to learn about a new-born Elena Novakov who died on January 13th in a hospital in Serbia….
Members of the ARDI bureau sent a letter to President Metsola asking her about her plans on how to attack the lack of diversity within the administration of the European Parliament, especially in leading positions. You can read the…
ARDI’s Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana and 83 other members of the European Parliament asked EC President von der Leyen to protect refugees of color fleeing the war in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, the media reported about discrimination and…
ARDI Co-Presidents Cornelia Ernst (The Left), Romeo Franz (Greens/EFA), Monica Silvana Gonzalez (S&D), Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana (Greens/EFA), Evin Incir (S&D), Samira Rafaela (RENEW Europe) and Vice-Presidents Peter Pollak (EPP) and Monica Semedo (RENEW Europe) together with 25 other ARDI-members sent…
The first letter in 2021 was sent to the European Commission. Our Co-President MEP Samira Rafaela (Renew Europe, Netherlands) asked the Commission to seriously investigate a case of racial discrimination by the Dutch tax authorities and see if this is a…
Co-Presidents of the European Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup Pierrette Herzberger Fofana (Greens), Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL), Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL), Monica Silvana Gonzales (S&D), Evin Incir (S&D), Samira Rafaela (Renew), Romeo Franz (Greens) wrote a letter to Ursula von der Leyen,…
118 Members of the European Parliament led by our Co-President Dr. Pierrette Herberger-Fofana, Alice Bah Kuhnke and Monica Semedo Lux have sent a letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen to combat institutional racism and…
(27/11/2019) Dear European Commission President desginate Von der Leyen, We are writing in our capacity as Co-Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup to express our concern at the lack of diversity on the European Commission…
(20/11/2019) Dear Mr Ceferin, We are writing to you as Members of the European Parliament to urge UEFA to take urgent action against racism and discrimination in football after more chants and incidents last week in international matches and in…
(27/09/2019) Dear President Sassoli, We are writing to you as Members of the European Parliament and bureau members of the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity to ask for your support in commemorating the victims of the Roma Holocaust within the…
We, the undersigned, welcome the EU’s renewed commitment to the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy post-2025, especially the much-needed ban on conversion therapy, the new Gender Equality Strategy and the new Anti-Racism Strategy. We are happy that the EU will continue to…
To register and apply for workshops and preparatory policy meetings see the links below. In light of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 of March), the European Network Against Racism and Members of the European Parliament,…
On July 6th the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Intersectional discrimination in the EU: socio-economic situation of women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin American and Asian descent. The resolution started as an own initiative report (Rule 52 of the Rules…
Members of the ARDI bureau sent a letter to President Metsola asking her about her plans on how to attack the lack of diversity within the administration of the European Parliament, especially in leading positions. You can read the…
36 members of ARDI have co-signed an oral question addressing the Dutch childcare benefit scandal. A few weeks ago the Dutch cabinet had admitted that institutional racism was at the root cause of the scandal in which thousands of low…
Romani Week 2022 will be organized from 16th to 19th of May. It aims to build on the work done during previous Romani Weeks and debate the EU policies for Romani Inclusion. It will call upon the European Commission and…
Press release from ARDI co-president Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana UKRAINE: GREENS/EFA REQUIRE PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CASES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Members of the European Parliament voted on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Strasbourg to…
On International Roma day we want to celebrate Roma culture, history, and language and pay tribute to Roma people’s contribution to the rich fabric of European societies! But today is also the day to raise awareness about a serious concern…
The European Parliament DG PERS Equality, Inclusion and Diversity Unit hosted an online discussion “Tackling racism in the workplace: combatting the barriers to diversity” to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and following the Bureau’s adoption of…
By Evin Incir Evin Incir (SE, S&D) is co-president of the European Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) Article and image published by the Parliament Magazine. 19 March 2021 In order to truly tackle the scourge of racism, we must…
While extremism and racism within police forces are on the rise all over Europe, some ‘good’ news: “Bittersweet legal victory for Roma!” “A full seven years after Slovak police violently stormed a Roma settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou, the…
(10/07/2019) Feature: Magid Magid: Taking the EU by storm Parliament Magazine Magid Magid, one of Parliament’s newly-elected deputies, is brash, confident, black and proud, particularly of his immigrant background. Born in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia, the 30-year-old aquatic…
(26/03/2019) The Guardian MEPs pass ‘watershed’ resolution calling for action against racism The European parliament has called for action to tackle the “structural racism” facing millions of Europeans of African descent in an unprecedented resolution that was overwhelmingly approved by…
(26/03/2019) Politico MEPs vote to combat racist discrimination against Afro-Europeans The European Parliament voted Tuesday to tackle structural racism faced by Europeans of African descent. MEPs adopted a resolution calling on the EU and its member countries to address racist…
(29/08/2018) The Guardian The EU is too white – and Brexit likely to make it worse, MEPs and staff say It was just another meeting in the European parliament, says Ida Scott*. “There were five people in the room and…
(20/06/2018) Politico Italy’s League: Roma census will ‘help’ community The Italian government’s plan to carry out a census of Roma in the country is intended to “help” not harm the Roma community, Italy’s Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Guglielmo Picchi said Wednesday….
(26/06/2018) Equal Times When will the EU put Black Europeans on the political agenda? As someone who is intimately familiar with racism, Swedish MP Momodou Malcolm Jallow didn’t hesitate to respond to the senior European Union official who casually informed…
(14/05/2018) EurActiv EU owes a strategy for inclusion to black people in Europe Black people continue to experience some of the highest rates of discrimination in Europe, and the refugee crisis has made things even worse, writes Karen Taylor. Karen…
(14/05/2018) The Guardian Italy’s first black minister fears far-right party’s government influence Italy’s first black cabinet minister has expressed deep concerns about the entry into Italy’s government of the League, as the far-right party and the populist Five Star Movement…
By Evin Incir Evin Incir (SE, S&D) is co-president of the European Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) Article and image published by the Parliament Magazine. 19 March 2021 In order to truly tackle the scourge of racism, we must…
(10/12/2018) MEP’s unite for Human Rights at 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. On 10 December 1948, Members of the United Nations General Assembly came…
(30/11/2018) As Italy’s first black minister, I suffered vile racist abuse. But this poison damages us all Racial discrimination is now “commonplace” across 12 European countries, and one in three people of African descent has experienced harassment in the past…
(27/01/2018) Holocaust remembrance – we cannot stay silent again It has been seven decades since the Holocaust and we are still witnessing hate crime against minorities in Europe. We still see Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists openly marching and parading in…
(13/12/2017) Urgent need to combat rising Afrophobia in the European Union As Co-President of the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) and given my own background, I have taken a specific interest in my parliamentary work on the issue…
(29/11/2017) Roma statelessness in Europe is not an accident Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights next year, the United Nations Human Rights Office is encouraging everyone to “stand up for human rights”. In Europe,…
(02/03/2016) Politicians responsibility to combat racism and hate speech Recent crises are fuelling a worrying climate of fear and hatred, as well as total disregard for non-discrimination and equality rights in Europe, warn MEPs from Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup….
