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Racism and xenophobia (2)

01 January 1991

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Racism and xenophobia
artdoc October=1993

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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