Convergence in European Policy Making: What do Article 15 (FCNM) and the EU Regional Policy have in common?
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 14 pages, pdf Description: Minority protection is expanding its focus from protection-only to protectionand- empowerment, or from a politics of identity to a politics of identity related interests. To most, minority protection means the idea that there are compelling reasons why members of ethnic, cultural, national, racial and linguistic minorities require certain special protection rights in order not to suffer assimilation, suppression or persecution. However, in the European context, minority protection has also come to mean a right to attain a decent life. A decent life means a good life.