EUMC - eumc publications eumc . conference report . Europe's riches and its future lie in its cultural, ethnic and religious diversity. But these riches are threatened by marginalization of, and discrimination against, minorities.
Many people are unable to cope with increasingly rapid civil and social developments.
Linked to these social changes are the rejection of what is foreign, increasing racism, xenophobia and antisemitism. It is these which threaten our democratic system. It is impossible to define 'race' objectively. A 'stranger' is not 'strange' because of objective characteristics, either. Rather, it is society which defines race and strangeness, foreignness.