Category: Statements

The Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) expresses its deepest concern over the sharp increase in antisemitic attacks targeting Jewish communities across Europe and worldwide and urgently calls on EU Member States to take effective and immediate measures to safeguard their citizens and strengthen the security of Jewish institutions amid ongoing terrorist threats. “In the current...

The Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) – an informal cross-party working group of Members of the European Parliament held its constitutive meeting for the new legislature, setting priorities and agenda for this term.  All MEPs present expressed their utmost condemnation of the murder of the Bibas family by the terrorist organisation Hamas, demanding the immediate...

(Brussels, 8 November 2023) – The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) expresses its deep concern at the sharp increase in incidents of antisemitism targeting Jews and Jewish institutions across Europe since the barbaric attack by the Hamas terrorist organization on Israeli towns and villages, occurred exactly one month ago on October 7. The...

 

(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...

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...

(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...

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 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...