The Group of Progressive Alliance Socialists and Democrats hosted on the 17th March 2014 the launch of ENAR’s shadow report on discrimination in Employment at the European Parliament.ENAR, a EU-wide network of NGOs present in every European including Iceland, has a history in fighting racism and discrimination since the 1997 European Year Against Racism, connecting a wide network of local and international organization that stand for equality and social inclusion.Opening remarks by the ENAR director Michael Privot stressed the fact that today’s Europe has all the means to ensure a dignifying life for all its citizens. “Europe has never been so rich as it is today” he emphasized with regard to the ambitious goals on social welfare sets by the 2020 agenda and the actual lack of effective measures to tackle the issue of inequality. “We are pushing countries to commit to social investment as a way to revive the European […]

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