Austria Calls for "European Year Against Hate" for 2024

OrganizationsInternational Organizations ♦ Published: May 22, 2023; 22:36 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria is demanding a "European Year against Hate" in 2024, as stated by State Secretary Claudia Plakolm. This demand was made during the meeting of the Council of Youth Ministers in Brussels.

Austrian State Secretary Claudia Plakolm Attended the Youth Council in Brussels. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Florian Schrötter

State Secretary Claudia Plakolm is committed to a "European Year against Hate" in 2024. Plakolm expressed deep concern over the increasing rise of hate in society and emphasized the need to confront this phenomenon resolutely, both in digital and analog forms. She stressed that this demand should extend to the European level as well.

The State Secretary pleaded for a particular…