Just as Europe’s ethnic makeup has been changing, so have its laws. In 2000, the EU’s executive arm – responding in part to the growing popularity of anti-immigrant and neo-Nazi political parties – enacted the most far-reaching anti-discrimination legislation in the world.
随着欧洲的种族构成悄然发生变化，这里的法律也做出了相应的调整。2000年，欧盟的执行部门为了对日益抬头的反移民和新纳粹党势力做出反应，颁布了全世界意义最为深远的反歧视法案。但迄今为止，这项法案还处在休眠状态。在很多国家，律师和法官都不熟悉歧视的法律定义。因此排外、隔离和种族暴力行为时常逍遥法外也许并不奇怪。