One year ago on Tuesday (May 25th), George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in the city of Minneapolis in the US. The city was subsequently rocked by huge racial justice protests, which spread first across the US, and then further afield, with massive demonstrations taking place in many major European cities. These protests didn’t just centre on police brutality. As the Black Lives Matter movement gained recognition in Europe, the issues of systemic discrimination and even Europe’s colonial past started to be raised. A year on since the murder that sparked a summer of protest, how much has actually changed in Europe?