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EU: Racism and xenophobia

01 May 1993

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On 21 April the European Parliament debated the upsurge in racism. Cesare de Piccoli (Italy, Soc) called for EC legislation with the recognition that any racist act was a crime and for a number of ways to better integrate the millions of non-EC citizens legally resident in the EC such as extending voting rights to all legal immigrants who have lived in an EC country for more than five years. But Jean-Marie le Chevallier (France, ER) dismissed the whole report, claiming it was based on inaccuracies. He insisted that institutional parties of the right had nothing to do with extreme right groups. Franz Schonhuber (Germany, Ind) complained that the report tried to criminalise the democratic right and he defended the right of people to defend their own culture and national heritage. Lode van Outrive (Belgium, Soc) said the recognition of equal rights for non-EC citizens legally resident was a fundamental precondition for the integration of minorities. The Parliament approved with amendment a resolution from the civil liberties committee on ways of curbing the rise of racism and xenophobia in Europe. The vote was 278 for to 39 against with 30 abstentions. Among MEPs demands are EC legislation against racism and voting rights in local elections to immigrants legally resident in the EC for more than five years.

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