Indicator in all countries

Have public servants been reported as being perpetrators of racist violence/hate crime?

• Austria

  Yes.

• Bulgaria

  No.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  No, there has not been any such reports.

• France

  Serious concerns against the development of discriminating speech within the highest political level of the French State have sparked off important reactions of politicians, intellectuals, anti-racist NGOs and international organizations.

• Germany

  Yes.

• Greece

  Yes

• Hungary

  No data available.

• Ireland

  So far there have been no incidents of such violence, however there has been a high profile incident wherein the former mayor of Naas, Darren Scully, was forced to resign after saying in an interview that he would not represent black Africans in his constituency. Despite resigning under pressure Darren Scully was not removed from the Fine Gael party as a result.

• Italy

  yes

• Poland

  Yes, sometimes.

• Portugal

  No, public servants in general have not been reported as being perpetrators of racist violence. However, police has been mentioned by NGO's and in ECRI country reports as responsible for violent and discriminatory conduct with Roma and African descent citizens.

• Romania

  YES. The phenomenon as such was moreover signalled, rather than individual cases of perpetrators.

• Slovenia

  Yes.

• Spain

  Complaints are few, even fewer  sentences. However there are no statistics.

• Sweden

  Yes.