FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
(Reuters) - Anticipating a populist surge when Europeans go to the polls in June, anti-discrimination organisations on Monday urged the bloc's institutions to put equality policies at the top of their agenda once a new parliament is elected.
"The EU is far from being a 'Union of Equality' - this is work in progress, and right now, we witness rising backlash, racial injustice, inequality and discrimination," the nine signatories said in a joint statement. "This needs urgent attention."
