Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen's new team - and tell me the EU doesn't have a diversity problem | Shada Islam

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : A recruitment revolution is neededAs Ursula von der Leyen sweet-talked and bullied EU leaders to send more women to Brussels over recent weeks, I kept hoping she would also make her incoming team of European commissioners more racially diverse.
49% : Making EU institutions truly inclusive is not about changing the optics or accidental, albeit fortuitous, political appointments.
48% : The job now falls to Lahbib, but unless Von der Leyen and the parliament play their roles, structural racism will persist.
46% : I have seen how structural racism is embedded in the EU's institutions.
43% : Having tracked the systemic underrepresentation of racial minorities and structural racism within EU institutions, I know that change requires revising staff recruitment policies and eliminating outdated anti-diversity mindsets.
43% : Helena Dalli, the outgoing EU commissioner for equality, tells me she spends "many sleepless nights" thinking about the EU's racism problem and has tried to make sure that EU institutions become more inclusive employers.
43% : EU institutions won't lose their "Brussels so white" profile without action.
41% : That is down from 3.8% last time around - and when you consider the fact that people of colour make up at least 10% of EU citizens, it makes a mockery of the EU parliament's claim to be the voice of European citizens.
33% : Others accuse EU institutions of "elitism" and "stereotypical perceptions, prejudice, bias, and discrimination in the workplace", including bullying.

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