Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will participate with the leaders of 43 countries in the first meeting within the framework of the "European Political Group" in the Czech capital Prague.
The first summit of the European political group kicked off, Thursday, in the Czech capital, Prague, to discuss the challenges between the participating countries.
Prague is hosting the first meeting of the European Political Group, with the participation of 44 countries, including members of the European Union, to discuss various topics such as security, energy, climate, economy and war in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who launched the idea of the rally last May, said it "constitutes a message of the unity of Europe." He added that the "European political community" is much larger than the European Union (17 countries were invited in addition to the 27 members of the bloc).
German Chancellor Olaf Schulz welcomed a "great innovation", which he considered in turn good for "peace", "security" and "economic development".
On the agenda of this summit are working groups and dinner, but there is no final statement for the participants.
France asserts that this idea constitutes a "complement" and not an "alternative" to the accession process to the European Union.
The organizers hope to announce possible practical cooperation projects, particularly in the field of energy.
After that, France hopes to hold a new meeting in the spring of 2023 with the announcement in Prague of the name of the next host country that will not be a member of the European Union, and it may be Moldova.
Britain High rates of hate crimes and anti-Islam in England and Wales
The rates of Islamophobia crimes increased in England and Wales of the United Kingdom in the years 2021 and 2022, as the police recorded 3,459 incidents of hate against Muslims between March 2021 and the same month in 2022.
The British authorities announced an increase in the rates of Islamophobia (hatred and anti-Islam) crimes in England and Wales of the United Kingdom in the years 2021 and 2022.
According to data published by the British Home Office, Muslims have been the most vulnerable to targeting by other religious groups over the past two years.
According to the data, the police recorded 3,459 hate incidents against Muslims between March 2021 and the same month of 2022, an increase of 42% compared to the same period of the previous year.
In the same period, 1919 incidents of hatred against Jews were recorded, with an increase of 23%, making Jews the second largest religious group vulnerable to targeting.
There were 155,841 hate crimes recorded in England and Wales between March 2021 and March 2022.
Hate crimes based on race made up the largest proportion of the mentioned statistic with 109,843 incidents.
The number of hate crimes recorded on a religious basis reached 8,730, an increase of 37% from March between 2020 and 2021.
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