In a resolution adopted on Tuesday by 495 votes to 109 and 92 abstentions, MEPs call for media to stop spreading stigmatising narratives that dehumanise members of particular ethnic or racial groups, for example by targeting migrants as the source of economic and social problems. They propose to stop EU and state funding for media outlets that are found by competent authorities to be promoting hate speech and xenophobia.

They also propose that all national audiovisual regulators should be provided with the powers to penalise programmes that promote racist content.

Revise school curricula, end segregation in schools and return cultural works

MEPs call for education curricula to be revised in order to combat bias and eradicate stereotypes that lead to discrimination today. The history of European minorities should be included in relevant studies. Authors, historians, scientists, artists and other figures from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds should be included in key…