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<\/p>\nStructural racism remains deeply entrenched across Europe and institutions must confront their colonial legacy, the EU\u2019s anti-racism coordinator Michaela Moua said Saturday.<\/p>\n
Moua \u200bsaid data from the \u200bEU \u2060Agency for Fundamental Rights showed that nearly half of people of African descent in the bloc said they had experienced discrimination, while many face barriers to work, despite holding university degrees.<\/p>\n
Dismantling entrenched inequalities was essential for democracy, she told a symposium on racism in \u2060Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
“Racism \u2060is not a relic of the past. It’s a living structure. It’s very tangible for many of us. We feel and we sense the urgency, especially in these political times,” Moua said.<\/p>\n
She added that better equality data \u2060was crucial, as EU member states still diverge widely in collecting information on race and ethnicity.<\/p>\n
Moua \u200bsaid the bloc’s new anti-racism strategy \u200baims to tighten enforcement of existing laws, strengthen national action plans and \u2060tackle \u200cracism \u200cin public administration.<\/p>\n
The strategy, which \u2060was adopted in \u200cJanuary, has drawn criticism from NGOs. The European \u200bNetwork Against Racism \u2060said it failed to offer \u2060a genuine commitment to reparatory justice \u2060or redress for \u200bthe ongoing consequences of Europe’s history.<\/p>\n
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