Manfred Weber calls for anti-Semitism pact

Source: Politico-Europe


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By JACOPO BARIGAZZI 2/24/19, 2:18 PM CET Updated 2/24/19, 2:33 PM CET

Manfred Weber, the European People Party's (EPP) candidate for European Commission president, called Sunday for a pact against anti-Semitism.

“The continuing advance of #antisemitism in Europe should be a wakeup call for us all. As Commission President I will propose a pact against antisemitism” he wrote on Twitter.

Weber, a German from Bavaria who is also the leader of the EPP group in the European Parliament, told the Sunday edition of Die Welt that “I will propose a joint initiative in the European Parliament to send a clear message that anti-Semitism has no place in Europe.”

Europe is home to rising levels of anti-Semitism. In France last year there was a 74 percent rise in anti-Semitic attacks, according to figures from the French Interior minister.

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