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Antisemitism at worst levels since second world war, says Macron
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Antisemitism at worst levels since second world war, says Macron
French president says his party will introduce legislation to combat hate speech online
Agencies
Thu 21 Feb 2019 08.52 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Feb 2019 10.47 GMT
Antisemitism appears to have reached its worst levels since the second world war, Emmanuel Macron told Jewish community leaders on Wednesday, a day after thousands of people took to the streets in France to denounce hate crimes.
The French government is to adopt the intergovernmental organisation International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and propose a law to stop hate speech being circulated online, the French president said.
Speaking at the annual dinner of the Jewish organisation Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (Crif), Macron said his country and other parts of Europe had in recent years seen “a resurgence of antisemitism that is probably unprecedented since (the second world war)”.
He said applying the working definition of antisemitism drawn up by the IHRA would help guide police forces, magistrates and teachers in their everyday work.
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French president says his party will introduce legislation to combat hate speech online
Agencies
Thu 21 Feb 2019 08.52 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Feb 2019 10.47 GMT
Antisemitism appears to have reached its worst levels since the second world war, Emmanuel Macron told Jewish community leaders on Wednesday, a day after thousands of people took to the streets in France to denounce hate crimes.
The French government is to adopt the intergovernmental organisation International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and propose a law to stop hate speech being circulated online, the French president said.
Speaking at the annual dinner of the Jewish organisation Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (Crif), Macron said his country and other parts of Europe had in recent years seen “a resurgence of antisemitism that is probably unprecedented since (the second world war)”.
He said applying the working definition of antisemitism drawn up by the IHRA would help guide police forces, magistrates and teachers in their everyday work.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/21/emmanuel-macron-says-france-antisemitism-has-reached-worst-levels-since-second-world-war
