Mehreen Khan of the Financial Times | Diversity and Team von der Leyen | Face-painting with Didier Reynders | Protecting Europe with Margaritis Schinas | Counting colonies with Charles Michel | The Great Replacement | Racist policing | Ylva Johansson on whiteness
The European Union has embarked on a push against racism amid protests following the killing of George Floyd. But important questions remain about whether some EU leaders and policies, and the bloc’s broadly federalist priorities, are the best choices for achieving that goal. Mehreen Khan, EU correspondent for the Financial Times, assesses the anti-racism credentials of the European Commission under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen.