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WGAS holds exchange of views with Inter-Parliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism

December 8, 2021

(Brussels, 9 December 2021) The European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism held an exchange of views with the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, a cross-party group of lawmakers from Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. On behalf of WGAS, Chair MEP Nicola Beer (Renew Europe), Vice-Chairs MEP Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens) and...

WGAS MEPs discuss antisemitic content in Palestinian textbooks

September 10, 2021

The European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism (WGAS) held a meeting with Henrike Trautmann, Head of Unit and Acting Director for the Southern Neighbourhood at Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) on dealing with antisemitic content in Palestinian textbooks. The meeting brought together experts discuss the findings of a report on Palestinian textbooks…

“Holocaust education and remembrance. Keeping up with the digital age” Webinar

April 21, 2021

The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS), organised a webinar entitled “Holocaust education and remembrance. Keeping up with the digital age” on April 21st. The online conference brought together policymakers, civil society stakeholders and experts from leading Holocaust educational projects to provide a forum for sharing best practices and the future vision for Shoah…

Halle attack commemoration ceremony

October 9, 2020

The Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union together with the European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS), held a commemoration ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of the Halle attack. The event marked the anniversary of the attack by a far-right extremist on the Synagogue in Halle, Germany on …

Statement by Nicola Beer MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2022

77 Years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we see a growing gap of knowledge of the Holocaust among young people in the EU. This must be of deepest concern to us. 77 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, knowledge of the Holocaust is in decline worldwide including in the EU. According to a survey by...

WGAS welcomes first ever strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life

October 5, 2021

(Strasbourg, 5 October 2021) The Working Group Against Antisemitism (WGAS) of the European Parliament has welcomed the first-ever EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The strategy, presented today by European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, follows joint political efforts by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council over the last...

WGAS MEPs discuss upcoming Strategy on combating antisemitism with European Commission Vice-President Schinas

July 15, 2021

The Working Group against Antisemitism in the European Parliament has been constantly calling for measures to combat antisemitism to be improved at the European level. Nicola Beer, Vice-President of the European Parliament and WGAS Chair: “The Corona crisis is fuelling antisemitism across Europe. Fake news, targeted false reports and hate speech are booming during the...

MEP Frédérique Reis condemns the explosion of antisemitic hate speech across Europe

May 19, 2021

MEP Frédérique Ries addressed the European Parliament during a debate on the "EU strategy towards Israel-Palestine". During her intervention she expressed her concerns on the recent explosion of ant-Jewish hatred across Europe. “Added to the Middle east tragedy there is another one, an odious reality. The calls for the murder of Jews heard this weekend...

MORE THAN 80 CROSS-PARTY MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORT THE WORKING GROUP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM.