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The President of the European Jewish Congress Pierre Besnainou has congratulated Nicolas...

The President of the European Jewish Congress Pierre Besnainou has congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy following his election as President of the French Republic, saluting the winning candidate for his work as Minister of the Interior in combating anti-Semitism.

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) welcomes the adoption by European Union Justice and Home Affairs ministers of the “Framework Decision on racism and xenophobia,” yet is concerned and disappointed that the text makes no explicit reference to anti-Semitism

The EJC welcomes the condemnation yesterday by the Bureau of the European Parliament of the anti-Semitic brochure published by MEP Maciej Giertych, and congratulates President of European Parliament Hans-Gert P̦ttering's intitative to sanction the Polish MEP sanctions for violating principles held by the European Union

The MEP Maciej Giertych published an anti-Semitic pamphlet this week which uses the same pre-war racial theories that led to the Holocaust, in arguing that "Jewish civilization"has no place in Europe. The EJC denounces the publication of this text called "Civilisations at War in Europe"- which was presented to the public at the European Parliament this Wednesday in Strasbourg - and reserves the right to bring to court the author of this anti-Semitic text

The European Jewish Congress welcomes Europe's firm position on the national unity cabinet agreement concluded by Hamas and Fatah