Work has begun on the initiative of the European Commission to extend the EU list of crimes to include hate crimes and hate speech related to race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. On Tuesday 23 February, the institution opened a public consultation on its roadmap on this topic.
This initiative had been put forward as a priority by the President of the Commission herself (see EUROPE B12561A3) and then reaffirmed within the framework of the strategy for equality for LGBTI people (see...