Moving The Deckchairs...

A group of left-leaning MEPs have warned of “systemic inequities” after it emerged that the EU executive’s lead official in combating racism, who is a black European woman, was excluded from a reshuffle that left her in a “lower position” than her white peers.

Like two bald men fighting over a comb, Reader... 

The European Commission announced earlier this month that its coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, and her counterpart on battling anti-Muslim hatred, would be moved to its secretariat-general, the department at the apex of the EU executive that reports directly to president Ursula von der Leyen. The commission’s anti-racism coordinator, however, will remain in a standard department, a lower and less weighty position, say MEPs and campaigners.

And with less options for climbing that greasey pole to the top. Which is probably the main draw.

Although none have been made envoys, the move to the secretariat-general for two is seen as opening the door to that promotion, while giving them greater political clout in the meantime. In official questions to the commission, MEPs representing Socialists, the Left and Greens said: “This exclusion, affecting the only racialised coordinator, raises concerns about systemic inequities.”

Well, we can safely ignore anything said by such a trio of failures...