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A BLM demonstration in Brussels, June 2020. 'Only three percent of MEPs are people of colour; there is not a single commissioner of colour and there never has been' (Photo: Groupe OBSCURESCENCE/Black Lives Matter/Brussels)

Black MEPs: Why no non-white EU commissioners?

The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have highlighted the prevalence of racism, inequality and instability within our societies.

The subsequent uprisings have underlined the need for real political change.

All over the world, people are gathering in their thousands to protest against racism and to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

The time for change is now. The momentum has long been buildin...

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Alice Bah Kuhnke is a Swedish MEP and vice-president Greens/EFA group. Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana is a German Green MEP and co-president of the Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup.

A BLM demonstration in Brussels, June 2020. 'Only three percent of MEPs are people of colour; there is not a single commissioner of colour and there never has been' (Photo: Groupe OBSCURESCENCE/Black Lives Matter/Brussels)

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Alice Bah Kuhnke is a Swedish MEP and vice-president Greens/EFA group. Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana is a German Green MEP and co-president of the Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup.

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