Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt called for Europe-wide laws to prohibit discrimination and racism. Addressing Monday’s opening of an OSCE conference, “Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination,” Verhofstadt said that without a legal framework, a policy promoting greater tolerance cannot succeed.
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