The European Commission launches a plan to curb discrimination and hatred

The European Commission will integrate the fight against discrimination that affects LGBT + people in all EU policies

GAYLES.TV.- The European Commission presented this Thursday a plan against discrimination and hatred towards people LGBT + to strengthen the rights of same-sex couples, in the face of «worrying trendson Europe, Especially in Poland. "The attack on rights LGBT + is typical of the authoritarian manual that has no place in the UE«, Said the vice president of Values and Transparency of the European Commission, Vera Jourová.

«Tall the world You should feel free to be who you are, without fear of persecution. This is the European creed and it is what we are fighting for. The first strategy at the scale of the UE reinforce our joint efforts to ensure that everyone is treated the same", Add Jourova. “Although progress has been made in UE towards equality of people LGBT + In recent years, discrimination against people persists LGBT + and 43% feel discriminated against«, They explain from the Commission. The crisis of Covid-19 it has only aggravated the situation.

Families LGBT +

Brussels proposes to create a law that covers the European families LGBT + to be recognized throughout the community territory. "Given the differences between family laws in the UE, it may happen that when these families cross internal borders of the Union your child stops being your child and this is unacceptable«, He sentenced Vera Jourová. The Czech Vice-President of the Commission is aware of the difficulty of these proposals going forward because they require the unanimity of the states of the European Union and there are currently six countries where homosexual marriage is not recognized: Romania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Latvia and Lithuania.

In addition, the strategy proposes to expand the list of crimes of the UE to include hate crimes, in particular hate speech and homophobic hate crimes. «It also ensures that people's concerns LGBT + are correctly reflected in the development of the policies of the UE, so that people LGBT +, in all its diversity, are safe and have equal opportunities to prosper and participate fully in society«.

Months ago in the debate on the state of the Union, Ursula von der Leyen declared: "I will not rest when it comes to building a Union of equality. A Union in which we can all be who we are and love who we love, without fear of recrimination or discrimination. Because being yourself is not a question of ideology. It is your identity. And no one can ever take it from you«. The President of the European Commission made it clear that the fight for equality was going to be one of his priorities.