“Words and symbols are powerful. The have the power to harm.” These comments by Estonian Deputy Minister for European Affairs Matti Maasikas aptly summarises the core of the debate of topical importance in the European Parliament on Wednesday 13 December on an EU-wide ban on Nazi and fascist symbols and slogans.
With the Commission and the Council united it calls for a genuine European response to the worsening of hate and intolerance in Europe, it was the differences of views within...