Greece, Poland and Hungary are the European countries where anti-Semitic prejudice is most prevalent, according to a survey in 16 states released Tuesday, October 12 for the annual conference of the European Jewish Association (EJA).
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According to this survey commissioned by the Action and Protection League (APL), a partner organization of the EJA, more than a third of Greeks and Poles (36%) and 30% of Hungarians questioned believe that "
Jews will never be capable of integrating fully into society
”.
The belief in a "
secret Jewish network which influences political and economic affairs in the world
" is shared by 58% of Greeks, 39% of Hungarians and 34% of Slovaks polled, according to this poll of 16,000 people, whose initial results were published in 2020.
"Anti-Semitism is deeply rooted in Europe"
Some 36% of Greeks, 27% of Hungarians and 23% of Poles surveyed harbor “
rather negative feelings
” towards Jews, a proportion of 11% in Germany, 8% in France and falling to 3% in Sweden and the United Kingdom, and 2% in the Netherlands.
These three countries in northern Europe are also those where the relativization of the Holocaust is the least strong, according to the survey which has 70 questions.
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"
The disturbing results of the investigation show that anti-Semitism is deeply rooted in Europe,
" said Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the president of the EJA, who plans to adopt at his conference a plan of action in 10 points. The president of the Central Consistory of France and of the European Center of Judaism, Joël Mergui, denounced attacks on the freedom of Jewish worship, in particular with reference to a judgment of the Belgian constitutional court to prohibit ritual slaughter without prior stunning. "
If we can no longer eat kosher, if we can no longer circumcise our children, if we can no longer respect our traditions, we no longer have a future in the countries which prevent us from doing so,
" he warned. .
The survey was carried out by the Ipsos institute in December 2019 and January 2020 in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.