7
Oct
2025
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Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner! Today, October 7, we commemorate the 1200 murdered and 250 deportees of Hamas' terrorist attack. On Nova music festival 370 young people who wanted to celebrate and experience freedom were brutally murdered. I also remember those scenes from surveillance cameras when a father of a family is murdered in front of his two sons, at the age of my son. A terrorist then drinks from a bottle in front of the injured children from their refrigerator. And people are still in the hands of these terrorists. And it is not tolerable if, as a result, the extent of the Holocaust is relativized, denied on Internet platforms, and access denied to Jewish guests in local areas. Education has to be part of every strategy in the fight against anti-Semitism. For example, every European student should be able to visit a Holocaust memorial site where they can see the dimension of these crimes against humanity. Jewish life and cultural heritage are part of my Austrian and European identity. Every Jew in Europe must feel safe and secure. This is our mission.