Source: European Parliament
The EU is an area of shared values, which are incompatible with crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes, including crimes committed by totalitarian regimes.
Remembrance policies are primarily under the competence of Member States, who are responsible to deal with the sensitive and complex issue of addressing the horrors and crimes that have happened in the past as stated in the Commission Report on the memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes[1].
The EU plays the role of facilitator and supports through funding[2] the promotion of remembrance of the crimes committed by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, including Nazism, fascism, Stalinism, and totalitarian communist regimes.
- [1] COM/2010/0783 final.
- [2] For further information: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme https://commission.europa.eu/funding-tenders/find-funding/eu-funding-programmes/citizens-equality-rights-and-values-programme/citizens-equality-rights-and-values-programme-overview_en#:~:text=This%20programme%20aims%20to%20protect,regional%2C%20national%20and%20transnational%20level
Last updated: 22 May 2025