The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation. A non-partisan and non-governmental institution promoting tolerance and combating racism and xenophobia.
We are delighted to learn that ECTR Chairman Tony Blair has been appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry, by HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Warm congratulations on this richly deserved honour!
The @TheECTR has a long record of fighting against extremism, antisemitism and for greater tolerance across Europe, causes which are very dear to me. https://t.co/GmUPA57ezJ
"senior Hungarian civil servants say they have watched the relentless politicisation of government service since 2010".
Insightful overview of what so-called 'illiberal democracy' in Hungary means for civil society. Thank you @pmdfoster@balazscseko
https://t.co/KzLah1U1pM
"Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, ending the Cold War in Europe, new political divisions are rising between East and West."
Outstanding analysis from @bopanc on the widening gulf threatening European cohesion and security.
https://t.co/ixNWfERdhp
On #RemembranceDay2019 we remember millions of Allied soldiers from across Europe and the world who fought side by side to defeat the forces of tyranny and fascism. We remember their sacrifice and service in defence of freedom. #RememberThem
#OnThisDay 80 years ago, Hitler’s Germany invaded Poland, sparking the global catastrophe of #WorldWarII. We can never forget where the deadly forces of totalitarianism and hatred lead. #80WW2#NeverAgain
Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, has been formally charged in connection with the Brussels suicide bombings months later, federal prosecutors said Monday.
https://t.co/JImrV4ztWb
What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima - J Hersey
74 years after #Hiroshima, we remember. There is no room for complacency about the modern nuclear threat #HiroshimaDay