2011
Is hate speech/racist-xenophobic discourse a wider, more 'mainstream', phenomenon in the political sphere?
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Austria
Yes.
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Bulgaria
No.
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Cyprus
yes
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Denmark
Yes.
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Finland
Yes, many members of the mainstream political parties express views promoting tighter immigration policy.
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France
Yes/No
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Germany
No.
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Greece
Yes.
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Hungary
Yes
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Ireland
In some individual instances, there have been situations where individual politicians have expressed sentiments that can be identified as anti-migrant or anti-minority.
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Italy
Yes.
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Poland
No.
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Portugal
No, hate speech or racist discourse is not a wider phenomenon in the political sphere.
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Romania
Discriminatory speech has increased in frequency in the past years especially in relation to the Roma minority. Those making the most debated statements come from mainstream parties, and they do not seem to reflect any particular party ideology, but moreover their own view of things. Yet , the effects are particularly worrying as discriminatory statements often come from highest level state dignitaries.
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Slovenia
Yes. It has been generated around adoption of legislation or actions related to status and rights of particular minority groups - communities of other nations of former Yugoslavia (including the erased residents), Roma, Muslims and GLBT. Most explicitly it has been expressed by smaller parliamentary party – the Slovenian National Party, but also occassionaly in more subtle way by right-center parties of major influence.
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Spain
No.
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Sweden
No.