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WGAS holds Board meeting

January 30, 2023

The European Parliament Working group against antisemitism held its Board meeting on 30 January 2023. WGAS Board members discussed the group’s plan of action for the first half of 2023. WGAS MEPs also heard reports from Katerina Vyzvaldova of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the findings of FRA’s 18th annual overview of...

European Parliament Unveils its First Holocaust Memorial

January 26, 2023

WGAS and EJC hold screeing of ‘Simone Veil: Woman of the Century’ to mark IHRD

January 26, 2023

The European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism (WGAS) and the European Jewish Congress (EJC) held a special screening of “Simone Veil, a Woman of the Century” with the participation of renowned French philosopher, filmmaker and playwright Bernard-Henri Lévy on the 24th of January 2023 to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dr Ariel Muzicant and...

WGAS hosts conference ‘Jewish life in Europe: celebrating diversity and fostering solidarity in times of crisis’

November 16, 2022

The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) hosted a conference entitled ‘Jewish life in Europe: celebrating diversity and fostering solidarity in times of crisis’ in the European Parliament in Brussels on 15 November 2022. The conference brought together policymakers, Jewish community representatives and actors from the civil society who are driving efforts to promote...

WGAS sends Hanukkah greetings to European Jews

December 19, 2022

European Parliament Members condemn EU decision to release funds to PA as a reward for hate

June 16, 2022

(Brussels, 15 June 2022) - The Members of the European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism (WGAS) have criticised the decision by the European Commission to release funds destined for the Palestinian Authority that had been withheld due to antisemitism in Palestinian textbooks and would be “disbursed rapidly.” The decision was announced by European Commission President...

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...

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