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European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism holds a constitutive meeting for the parliamentary term 2019-2024

December 4, 2019eric-epwgas
04 December 2019, European Parliament, Brussels - The European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (EP-WGAS)  - a 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. In the face of rising antisemitism in Europe, and in the wake of recent attacks, threats...
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Chair of European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism condemns wave of violent attacks

December 21, 2017Secretariat

The Chair of the European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (EP-WGAS), Heinz K Becker MEP (Austria, EPP), condemns the wave of antisemitic attacks that have taken place across Europe following President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, or any other political issue, can never serve as justification…

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WGAS Statement on the campaing against George Soros in Hungary

July 13, 2017Secretariat

The recent political campaign by the Hungarian Government against George Soros utilized motifs with a very problematic anti-Semitic past, including the image of a shadowy puppeteer pulling the strings of politicians. The European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (WGAS) would like to draw attention to the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which lists one of…

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Condoleances on the death of Shimon Peres

October 17, 2016Secretariat

In my capacity as Chair of the European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (EP-WGAS), on the immensely sad occasion of Shimon Peres death, I want to express my deepest condolences and sympathies. I had the privilege to meet with Shimon Peres several times. He was a political giant and a peace hero, one of the wisest politicians and human…

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Letter to President Martin Schulz from the Working Group on Antisemitism

June 6, 2016EP WGAS

Dear President Schulz,

The Board of the European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism learned about the recent declarations of our colleague, MEP Martina Anderson, during a meeting that took place in the European Parliament on 25th of May 2016.

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MEPs shocked by erection of statue to notorious antisemitic politician in Hungary

February 24, 2016EP WGAS

The European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (WGAS) has sharply criticised the erection in the centre of Budapest of a statue in memory of György Donáth, a wartime-era Hungarian politician notorious for his antisemitic and racist views. “Honouring an avowed Nazi apologist, racist and antisemitic in the heart of one of our European capitals is…

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Statement following the terror attack in Copenhagen

February 20, 2015EP WGAS

The European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism views with increasing concern the latest wave of antisemitic attacks which have targeted Jews in Europe in recent weeks, most particularly the murders of Jews in Paris and Copenhagen. The Working Group strongly condemns such barbaric atrocities and calls on the European Commission to take all measures necessary…

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