The European Union’s member states have abstained en masse from a United Nations resolution against the ‘glorification of Nazism’.
In all, 155 countries backed the motion, which was presented by Russia on Friday (21 November) under the title “Glorification of Nazism: inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”.
Three countries voted on Friday against the Russian resolution: Ukraine, Canada and the United States.
Speaking to European Voice before the vote, Lithuania’s foreign minister, Linas Linkevičius, said that “no one should doubt that we are condemning fascism”, but, he continued, “under cover of …read more
Source: European Voice
