First progress report of the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life

The Commission published its first progress report of the 2021-2030 EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life.

This progress report shows that since the adoption of the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life in 2021 across Europe structures have been created and a wide-range of EU-led or EU-funded initiatives across Member States and civil society have been taken to address antisemitism, to foster Jewish life and to ensure Holocaust remembrance. To address the challenges in an effective and needs-based manner, the Commission maintains a regular dialogue with representatives of Jewish communities and Jewish organisations.

The report shows that awareness about the danger of antisemitism has increased among state actors. This has led to the adoption of national strategies against antisemitism in 23 EU Member States, to the appointment of 20 national envoys or coordinators on combating antisemitism and the EU-wide establishment of the non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as a useful tool for the fight against antisemitism. In many EU countries their ambitious strategies have led to impactful initiatives.

Besides implementing the 90 initiatives of the EU Antisemitism Strategy, the aim of the European Commission has been to address Europe-wide challenges such as antisemitism online and ensuring Holocaust remembrance and provide added value for the Member States and civil society actors.

The Commission is also supporting actions in Member States and for civil society actors, including through significantly increased funding, and relies on close cooperation with EU Institutions and Member States to drive the agenda on European level. This led to a strengthening of structures and support within EU Member States, not only addressing antisemitism but in addition pursuing a positive agenda of fostering Jewish life.

The European Jewish Congress contributed to the public consultation on the progress of the EU strategy which served as an important source for the progress report.

Read the full report here.

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