“No references to Christmas”: the EU withdraws the guidelines after the controversy

A stance that has caused a lot of discussion, and for which a prompt reversal of the EU has arrived.

It is the one contained in the new guidelines on communication issued yesterday by Brussels and today, after the controversy, promptly blocked.

"Every person in the EU has the right to be treated equally" without references to "gender, ethnicity, race, religion, disability and sexual orientation", they wrote from Brussels, in one of the most discussed passages. “'Miss or Mrs' (ladies and ladies) must disappear replaced by a more generic 'Ms'. And even the holidays must no longer refer to religious connotations, such as Christmas, but cited in a generic way: for example, we must say, 'holidays are stressful' and no longer 'Christmas is stressful' ".

"The guideline initiative was intended to illustrate the diversity of European culture and to show the inclusive nature of the Commission", said today the EU Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli, supervisor of indications for external and internal communication.

“However - he continues - the published version of the guidelines is not functional for this purpose. It is not a mature document and does not meet our quality standards. So I withdraw it and we will work on this document again. "

(Unioneonline / vl)