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"The European nationality offers a series of rights and freedoms on the entire EU territory. For this reason, by signing the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Member States undertook the obligation to prohibit any discrimination.
Nevertheless, a few days ago, I was informed about the case of a Romanian citizen who was not allowed to rent a car in Brussels for the reason of having Romanian nationality. The employee’s refusal was merely based on an internal rule of the given car rental office. In recent days, I have found out from various citizens of my country of many other cases of discrimination on the criterion of Romanian nationality.
Dear colleagues, it is our duty, as representatives of over 490,000,000 Europeans, to raise an alarm. Through an active dialogue with our fellow citizens, we can contribute so that such incidents would be avoided in the future. I consider it to be the European Union’s duty, as a democratic entity, to promote respect for the rights of all the Union’s citizens by initiating European programmes of education and information against discrimination.
I also request the European Commission to verify whether the Member States comply with the obligations they undertook via treaties, regarding discrimination based on nationality."@en1
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