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Release of UNITED’s Index of Discriminatory Parties in Europe
Who are the parties and politicians spreading hatred and intolerance in
Europe?
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
A week before the European Parliamentary Elections (23 – 26 May 2019), UNITED
is launching an online Index of Discriminatory Political
Parties who
spread hatred and discrimination in Europe, trying to undermine the
achievements we’ve made in terms of equality, solidarity and diversity.
With close to 100 million European citizens still undecided how they will vote,
we appreciate the challenge of casting an informed vote.
UNITED’s Index of Discriminatory Political Parties in Europe therefore
provides a crucial overview of political forces that we do not want to see in
the European Parliament.
UNITED greatly appreciates the valuable feedback received by our member
organisations and volunteers on ground. Without your support this index would
not have come to existence!
“We want to return to normality. We want to live in Poland, not in the
eurokolkhoz Land, not in the Republic of Polin Friends, not in some rainbow
republic in which Jews, sodomites, communists impose on Poles not only how to
rule, what is the state system, but also how we are to raise our children,
about what history we can remember, what traditions we are allowed to
cultivate.” – Confederation (KORWiN), Poland.
“Part of our organism–an important part: our immune system, that which
should protect us–has turned against us. We’re being weakened, undermined,
surrendered in every respect. Malevolent, aggressive elements are being
smuggled into our social body in unprecedented numbers, while true causes and
consequences are kept hidden.” – Thierry Baudet, Forum for Democracy
(FvD), the Netherlands.
“For our children, to leave behind an Islamic caliphate with sharia law
in our cities is not something I want to do and I’m going to do everything in
my power to avert this sad ending for Europe.” – Matteo Salvini, Lega
Nord (LN), Italy.
These are just few of the examples of racist, hateful, discriminatory messages
spread by politicians running for the European Parliament in 2019.
Unfortunately, there are many more.
We must not let these forces gain more power by being elected to the European
Parliament. This is why we need to continue our fight. Please keep reporting by
filling
in this form, so that we can expand the index and better inform
European citizens whom not to vote for!
We are also using social media to track and call out any incidents of hateful
and discriminatory discourse. Follow our actions on Facebook
and Twitter, and help
us hold nationalist and xenophobic parties accountable. If you come across any
unacceptable rhetoric, raise your voice, call them out, tag us in your post, so
together we can #MakeThemSmallAgain!
#LetsVote
We also encourage you to keep organising activities motivating young people
in your area to vote in the EP elections! If you need a last-minute
inspiration, check out our
activity suggestions – we developed quiz, game and activity ideas for
you!
Happy Voting and see you on the brighter side!
Yours truly,
UNITED and its Campaign Preparatory Group
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European
Parliamentary Elections 2019
EPelections@unitedagainstracism.org
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