The text was approved by 535 MEPs in a vote at the European parliament on Tuesday. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters
Daily Mail: European parliament passes watershed resolution calling for reparations for crimes against Africa during European colonialism
* Resolution was approved by 535 MEPs, with 80 votes against and 44 abstentions
* It calls on EU members to declassify colonial archives and issue public apologies
* Urges countries to adopt reforms to end discrimination against Afro-Europeans
The European parliament has overwhelmingly backed a watershed resolution calling for reparations for crimes committed in Africa during European colonialism.
The bill urges European member states to introduce a series of sweeping reforms aimed at tackling 'structural racism' facing millions of Afro-Europeans.
It calls on the countries to implement nation-wide strategies to deal with discrimination in education, health, housing, policing, the justice system and politics.
The resolution - approved by 535 MEPs, with 80 votes against and 44 abstentions - also calls on European member states to declassify their colonial archives, covering the most disturbing periods of Europe's colonial past, and issue public apologies.
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Update #1: MEPs pass 'watershed' resolution calling for action against racism (The Guardian)
Update #2: EU Parliament Calls For ‘Reparations For Crimes Against Humanity’ To Afro-Europeans (Daily Caller)
WNU Editor: I am surprised on the minimal coverage of this story by the main stream media. Here is a prediction. The U.S. Congress will be trying to pass a similar resolution on the issue of reparations for African Americans before next year's elections.
