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Euroviews. Centuries of discrimination still run deep for Roma in Europe | View

New analysis finds that in the Western Balkans, 60% of young Roma people do not attend upper secondary school, writes UNESCO's Manos Antoninis

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Euroviews. Green Deal: the silent revolution transforming Europe’s economy

"If we succeed, we will have set up a new model of growth and prosperity that may inspire the rest of our international partners," argues MEP Pascal Canfin.

Germany

Euroviews. Germany did not fully recognise Namibia killings as genocide | View

"Contrary to what the majority of global media reports suggest, there is no question of full recognition of the genocide in the legal sense and with consequences under international law."

Belarus

Euroviews. EU must go further to punish Lukashenko’s brazen act of piracy | View

"If the European Union does not react strongly to such abuses of international law, more incursions and violations of its sovereignty are to be expected."

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Euroviews. George Floyd's death lifted veil on racism in Europe's policing | View

"George Floyd’s murder was a turning point in Europe’s history by lifting the veil on racism within policing."

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Euroviews. Democratic challenges have accelerated during COVID pandemic | View

Pierre Peytier, from the European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations, on how the COVID pandemic has affected democracy.

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Euroviews. EU must reject Poland & Romania's spending plan for COVID cash | View

Poland, as it stands, is set to receive Є58.1 billion in COVID recovery money, and Romania Є29.2 billion.

Greece

Euroviews. Greece's most vulnerable refugees are being denied safe shelter | View

"The closure of Kara Tepe municipal camp marks the end of an era for refugee reception in Greece."

Georgia

Euroviews. Georgia's future is European | View

Georgia's president Salome Zourabichvili and European Council president Charles Michel hail the deal they say has ended the country's political crisis.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. Merkel's legacy in the Western Balkans will be tough to beat | View

"Despite the many misfortunes that befell the world and Europe during Merkel's term, she never turned her back on Bosnia and always kept an eye on the Western Balkans and the political processes taking place in this region."

Belarus

Euroviews. EU must respond or risk gradual Russian takeover of Belarus | View

Does the EU have the political will to defend its values in its European neighbours? Pavel Latushko is a member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council and a key figure in the Belarusian opposition.

Israel

Euroviews. In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home | View

In all, six of my relatives, three close friends and several colleagues have died in the three bloody wars and countless battles between Israel and Hamas.

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Euroviews. Europe must act to suspend patents for COVID-19 vaccines | View

Pharmaceutical companies received millions from European taxpayers to help them develop vaccines. Now they must turn that knowledge over to the developing world.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary is not a semi-dictatorship, Klubrádió didn't comply | View

Klubrádió's owner omitted a few important facts, writes Zoltán Kovács, Hungary's Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary is becoming a semi-dictatorship as the EU watches idly | View

"The EU has ignored the fact that within its borders a government is disregarding democratic values, leading the country towards populist-nationalist semi-dictatorship while they collect European taxpayers’ money."

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Euroviews. Who is the real gatekeeper in the EU’s Digital Single Market? | View

Karina Stan of the Developers Alliance anticipates the next wave of EU-driven internet regulation.

Afghanistan

Euroviews. Afghanistan has never needed EU support more than it does now | View

"This is a terrifying moment for women in Afghanistan," writes Heather Barr from Human Rights Watch. "The April 14 announcement that US troops will leave Afghanistan before September 11 has created a new level of fear in a country already devastated by 40 years of war."

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Euroviews. If the pandemic can't unite Europe's east and west, what can? | View

"The EU divide between its post-Soviet members and western counterparts has long been its Achilles' heel," says GLOBSEC's chief economist Sona Muzikarova. "Even the pandemic has failed to forge more like-mindedness."

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Euroviews. Europe should stop waiting for the U.S. on climate. It should lead.

European nations have learned that U.S. presidents come and go. Waiting for Washington to institute global change is a fool's errand.

Cyprus

Euroviews. Erdogan is the only one that can restart Cyprus peace talks | View

"The only party that can turn the climate on its head and lead to a restart of negotiations in Geneva is Turkey and President Erdogan," says expert Alexandros Zachariades.