Le Traité dAmsterdam : enjeux et défis en matière dégalité de traitement

Several organizations and agreements have produced policies concerning equal treatment of races and nationalities in Europe. The 2000 Amsterdam Summit proposed a list of groups to protect from discrimination, a plan for opposing discrimination in the EU, a directive for instituting equal public and private treatment of racial and ethnic groups, as well as another directive protecting all the listed groups from workplace discrimination. Implementation of the new policies will affect the EU's structure ; a 5-year transitional period is planned. The inclusion of nongovernmental organizations in the anti-discrimination dialogue is commended. An appended excerpt from the European Council's official journal (19 July 2000) includes the directive on racial and ethnic discrimination.