Fundamental Rights Agency

Commission presents its response to Antisemitism and a survey showing Antisemitism is on the rise in the EU

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Monday, December 10, 2018
Discrimination, Racism, Antisemitism, Orientalism, Human behavior, Prejudices, Fundamental Rights Agency, Antisemitism in contemporary Hungary, New antisemitism

Commission presents its response to Antisemitism and a survey showing Antisemitism is on the rise in the EU Brussels, 10 December 2018The results of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency's latest survey on Antisemitism are particularly worrying: 85% of European Jews consider Antisemitism to be the biggest social or political problem in their home country. Other figures, amongst others, show that Antisemitism is pervasive and is having an impact on the daily lives of European Jews throughout the EU:         89% of Jews think Antisemitism is most problematic on the internet and on social media;         28% of respondents have been harassed at least once in the past year;         79% of Jews who experienced antisemitic harassment in the past five years did not report this to the police or another organisation;         34% avoid visiting Jewish events or sites because they do not feel safe;         38% have considered emigrating because they did not feel safe as Jews in Europe;         70% consider that efforts by Member States to combat Antisemitism are not effective. The results of today's survey confirm the importance of the work the European Commission has been doing, and is continuing to do, to counter Antisemitism.

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Commission presents its response to Antisemitism and a survey showing Antisemitism is on the rise in the EU


    Brussels, 10 December 2018
  • The results of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency's latest survey on Antisemitism are particularly worrying: 85% of European Jews consider Antisemitism to be the biggest social or political problem in their home country. Other figures, amongst others, show that Antisemitism is pervasive and is having an impact on the daily lives of European Jews throughout the EU:
    •          89% of Jews think Antisemitism is most problematic on the internet and on social media;
    •          28% of respondents have been harassed at least once in the past year;
    •          79% of Jews who experienced antisemitic harassment in the past five years did not report this to the police or another organisation;
    •          34% avoid visiting Jewish events or sites because they do not feel safe;
    •          38% have considered emigrating because they did not feel safe as Jews in Europe;
    •          70% consider that efforts by Member States to combat Antisemitism are not effective. 
  • The results of today's survey confirm the importance of the work the European Commission has been doing, and is continuing to do, to counter Antisemitism.
  • Commission's response to Antisemitism In response to rising Antisemitism, the Commission appointed in 2015 a Coordinator on combating Antisemitism to liaise with Jewish communities and to strengthen cooperation with organisations working in that field.
  • Background The European Commission tasked the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) to conduct a survey on the experiences of the Jewish community with Antisemitism.

Joint statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová welcoming the Council Declaration on the fight against Antisemitism

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Thursday, December 6, 2018
Antisemitism, Discrimination, Racism, Human behavior, Orientalism, New antisemitism, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Fundamental Rights Agency, Working Definition of Antisemitism, Ottawa Protocol

Today the Council unanimously adopted a declaration on the fight against antisemitism and the development of a common security approach to better protect Jewish communities and institutions.

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  • Today the Council unanimously adopted a declaration on the fight against antisemitism and the development of a common security approach to better protect Jewish communities and institutions.
  • This declaration invites Member States and the Commission to take concrete steps to better protect the Jewish community in Europe and to continue their fight against Antisemitism.
  • In January 2017 Commissioner Jourov endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition on Antisemitism as a useful tool for educational purposes in countering Antisemitism.
  • For More Information

    Council Declaration

    EU actions against Antisemitism

    Fundamental Rights Agency on Antisemitism

Highlights - Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the EU institutions - Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Political philosophy, Government, Human behavior, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, European Union, European Union law, Ombudsman, Fundamental Rights Agency, European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Citizens' Initiative

AFCO Committee will hold an exchange on the draft report of Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL, IT) on the Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework.

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  • AFCO Committee will hold an exchange on the draft report of Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL, IT) on the Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework.
  • This report is an outcome of over a year of investigations on the role that the Charter plays within the EU institutions, agencies and bodies.
  • It's explanatory statement details all the activities carried in preparation of the report and draws the main conclusions of this process.
  • Besides a hearing in AFCO in October 2017 with the Council and the Commission, in 2018 there have been series of technical meetings organised as a part of the analysis of the process of implementation of the Charter: with the European Commission, the Fundamental Rights Agency, the European Ombudsman and the Council of Europe.