According to a new Eurobarometer survey regarding Discrimination in the European Union, 26% of Maltese would feel uncomfortable having a person with a different skin colour or even a different religion than the majority in the highest elected political position.
32% of the Maltese population would feel uncomfortable having a person from a different ethnic origin than the majority of the population.
29% said they would feel uncomfortable having a Roma person in the same position, whereas 13% said they would feel uncomfortable if the person was transgender or intersex.
The percentage decreased when it came to a lesbian, gay or bisexual person (9%), a person perceived as old (5%), a person perceived as young (7%), a person with a disability (3%) and a woman (2%).
To the contrary, 46% felt comfortable with having a person from a different ethnic origin than the majority. Meanwhile, 59% felt comfortable having a person with a different skin colour than the majority of the population.
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