Notwithstanding decades of anti-discrimination laws, racial and ethnic minorities across Europe continue to face persistent barriers to equality. In response, the EU launched its Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020–2025, aiming to tackle both overt and systemic racism across Member States.
In this report, ASSEDEL (L’Association européenne pour la défense des droits et des libertés) subjects the Action Plan to critical scrutiny. Our assessment highlights the Plan’s strengths, including its holistic and intersectional approach, commitment to legal reform, and emphasis on structural change. However, the report further exposes important limitations, notably uneven implementation across countries, under-resourced equality bodies, gaps in data collection, and a lack of binding measures to address new forms of discrimination such as algorithmic bias in AI.
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