“The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) strongly supports the European Commission in its initiative to extend the list of EU crimes to all forms of hate crime and hate speech in an opinion adopted in its May plenary, and encourages the Council take on this important proposal.”
Europe must strongly combat the spread of hate speech and hate crime (European Economic and Social Committee)
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