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EU Petition calls for more concrete actions against the rise of antisemitism

This year, we celebrate the 75 th anniversary from the end of the Second World War and the surrender of Nazi Germany to the allied forces. However, as allied troops liberated Europe, they came across the horrible atrocities of the Holocaust. Around two thirds ofEuropean Jewry were murdered . Their memory should lead us to do everything in our power to never allow such savage acts to take place again. Unfortunately, we are witnesses to a rise in antisemitic acts across Europe.  In 2018, the Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU (FRA) conducted a big survey on discrimination and hatecrime against Jews .   The survey covered 12 Member States, where the vast majority of EU’s estimated Jewish population live (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). It was the biggest survey of Jewish people ever conducted worldwide. Over one third of all respondents (39 %) experienced some form of antisemitic harassment. An