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“Online hate speech, conspiracy theories and radicalisation” Webinar

December 2, 2020Xavier

The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) organised a webinar entitled “Online hate speech, conspiracy theories and radicalisation” on December 2nd. The online conference brought together policymakers, experts and civil society stakeholders to provide a forum for exploring different perspectives, addressing emerging challenges, identifying best practices and proposing policy recommendations to the proliferation of…

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Halle attack commemoration ceremony

October 9, 2020Xavier

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 …

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“An accelerated push to tackle antisemitism: The Double German Presidency” Webinar

June 23, 2020Xavier

The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS), organised a webinar entitled “An accelerated push to tackle antisemitism: The Double German Presidency” on June 22nd. The event was hosted by MEP Nicola Beer, Vice President of the European Parliament and Chair of the Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) and MEP Sergey Lagodisky, WGAS Vice-Chair, in…

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Spelling of antisemitism

July 1, 2019Secretariat

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) would like to address the spelling of the term ‘antisemitism’, often rendered as ‘anti-Semitism’. IHRA’s concern is that the hyphenated spelling allows for the possibility of something called ‘Semitism’, which not only legitimizes a form of pseudo-scientific racial classification that was thoroughly discredited by association with Nazi ideology, but…

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Statement by WGAS Chair Nicola Beer MEP on the Council Declaration on mainstreaming the fight against antisemitism across policy-areas

December 2, 2020johanan
"December 2nd is a special day for me as Chair of the European Parliament Working Group against antisemitism: During the German Council Presidency, the Council has adopted a resolution making antisemitism a cross-cutting issue for the EU - From now on all legislation must be viewed in light of the fight against antisemitism. This gives...
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Statement by MEP Nicola Beer, Chair of the EP Working group Against Antisemitism, on the Digital Service Act

October 19, 2020eric-epwgas
“The Digital Service Act must become a clear edge in the fight against antisemitism. Detecting and preventing antisemitism on the Internet earlier, will be the challenge the future regulation of digital services has to be up to. Online platforms are all too often places of open hatred: the future law on digital services must therefore...
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Members of the EP Working Group Against Antisemitism address their greetings for Rosh Hashana – 5781

September 17, 2020eric-epwgas
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Statement by WGAS Chair Nicola Beer MEP on the rise of antisemitic political crime in Germany

June 3, 2020eric-epwgas
"The number of antisemitic attacks in Germany rose by 13 percent in 2019. According to the latest annual report on political crime by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, there were 2,000 offenses recorded. This amounts to six crimes per calendar day, that’s six crimes too many. The increase in these crimes in Germany is...
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MORE THAN 80 CROSS-PARTY MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORT THE WORKING GROUP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM.

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